Read the excerpt from walden. why should we live with such hurry and waste of life? we are determined to be starved before we are hungry. men say that a stitch in time saves nine, and so they take a thousand stitches today to save nine tomorrow. how does the excerpt relate to today’s culture? it supports the idea that people move too quickly and forget to experience the present moment. it supports the idea that care and caution have become increasingly important in modern society. it supports the notion that we are perpetually finding new ways to make progress. it supports the notion that survival depends on our own determination.

The answer is: It supports the idea that people move too quickly and forget to experience the present moment.

“Walden” by Henry David Thoreau is a transcendentalist book about the reflection of living in the nature and the simplicity of it, in this excerpt we can see how Thoreau criticizes modern life, the hurry of the current society who has forgot to experience the present.

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explanation:

beowulf sets out on his journey for daneland. -- 1

hrothgar welcomes beowulf. -- 2

beowulf waits for grendel to attack heorot. -- 3

beowulf succeeds in defeating grendel by tearing off his arm. -- 4

beowulf fights with grendel’s mother. -- 5

beowulf sets out for his fight with the dragon. -- 6

beowulf sets out for his geatish homeland. -- 7