The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail

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Themes

All Themes History and the Importance of Learning from the Past Protest, Resistance, Community, and Action War Education, Thought, Information, and Learning Complacency, Conformity, and Responsibility

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Characters

All Characters Henry David Thoreau Ralph Waldo Emerson John Thoreau

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All Symbols The Cell Walls

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The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail

Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee

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Themes

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History and the Importance of Learning from the Past
Protest, Resistance, Community, and Action
War
Education, Thought, Information, and Learning
Complacency, Conformity, and Responsibility

Quotes

Characters

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Henry David Thoreau
Ralph Waldo Emerson
John Thoreau

Symbols

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The Cell Walls

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Winner, Kathryn. "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 13 Oct 2015. Web. 10 Dec 2019.

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Winner, Kathryn. "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail." LitCharts LLC, October 13, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2019. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-night-thoreau-spent-in-jail.

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