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Higher Laws (Walden) (Hunting (Thoreau expresses that he feels no sympathy…
Higher Laws (Walden)
Hunting
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Thoreau gave him his gun before coming to live in the woods as a sign of respect which shows how much he respects the animals and the woods.
Thoreau encourages his friends to allow their sons to become hunters because firing a gun is important.
Not hunting or firing a gun does not make anyone more humane because no humane person will murder a creature that holds its life the same way they do.
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Giving up meat
Thoreau feels a sense of dignity when he fishes because it is something that he no longer has the instinct for.
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Thoreau believes that anyone who wants to preserve their poetic abilities should give up eating meat.
To back up the point that not eating meat is natural Thoreau says that butterflies survive on honey while larvae eat too much for their own good.
Diet of meat
Thoreau believes that if people rightly prepare themselves they can really eliminate meat from their diet.
The way people gain meat is "miserable" since it is through the slaughter of animals. This is contradictory since Thoreau explained that hunting otherwise known as slaughtering animals is good for development.
Thoreau believes that society will become more immortal and civilized when they give up eating meat. So much so, to the point where he compares it to tribes giving up cannibalism.
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Instincts
Thoreau sees a woodchuck and has this urge to just eat it raw and finds these instincts in his primitive life.
Thoreau expresses his wishes to hunt like he did when he was younger, he believes that hunters get to know nature in a way that others don't.
Thoreau says that boys between the ages of ten to fourteen often go hunting which is like a game for them and a way to connect with their primal instincts.
Bodily control
While walking Thoreau picked up a pig's jaws and examined the tusks which is an animalistic asset to help it survive not a spirtual one.
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Water and defilement
Thoreau wants to always remain sober so he refrains from alcohol, tea, and coffee.
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