How to comprehend hard books like Walden?

Nucleus
Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:58:15 +0000

Yeah, you are completely right proletariat; I’ve already found those spots out which make it a lot easier to comprehend and get straight to the point. I cannot understand many of his ramblings though so I just skim the passage for the points. And it is nice to see so many connections to previous chapter in every chapter because he tends to keep repeating some themes over and over again.

Also, we are required to keep logs and respond to quotations and try to connect themes. I find a lot of specific quotations (Usually a sentence to a couple long) and I’m wondering if I should jot them all down on paper and respond that way. I usually have 60-70% quotations and the rest are my responses. Is this a good format or should I write more about them instead? I find that the quotations speak more words that I alone.