In one section of this work, the narrator tries and fails to convince John Field to give up his  aspirations of luxury and the quest for the American dream.
In one section of this work, the narrator tries and fails to convince John Field to give up his  aspirations of luxury and the quest for the American dream. In another section, the narrator  observes a fight between red and black ants. In this book's opening chapter, "Economy," the  narrator states that "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation," and the second chapter  states that he "went to the woods because [he] wished to live deliberately." For 10 points, identify  this work by Henry David Thoreau detailing his experience in a cabin he built near the namesake  pond.
In one section of this work, the narrator tries and fails to convince John Field to give up his  aspirations of luxury and the quest for the American dream.
Walden; or, Life in the Woods