Walden
What are the "sleepers" in the novel?
"Where I Lived and What I Lived For"
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Thoreau is telling people to simplify their affairs, arguing that so-called "improvements" like railroads, which make life too fast and superficial. Here, with a play on words, he compares the "sleepers" on the railroad to the men who work on it, who are "sleepers" because they are not awake enough to appreciate life.
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Thoreau is telling people to simplify their affairs, arguing that so-called "improvements" like railroads, which make life too fast and superficial. Here, with a play on words, he compares the "sleepers" on the railroad to the men who work on it, who are "sleepers" because they are not awake enough to appreciate life.
