can you go over this Thoreau's figurative use of the word burrowing shows a deeper meaning and the fact that there is more to the truth than just everyday life. He mentions looking beyond the surace apperarances. When Thoreau said this it was letting the reader know that he understood that there is more to life then people think. When burrowing is used in his example he makes it seem like there are mulitpule layers insted of only one. Thoreau is "digging" for things tht lead him to find out more about life. He wants to uncover the deeper understanding of reality. Also, stating how many people overlook those kinds of things in their daily life. Adding to that he wrote “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” His use of digging is just in his world another way to uncover important knowlage.

can you go over this Thoreau's figurative use of the word burrowing shows a deeper meaning and the fact that there is more to the truth than just everyday life. He mentions looking beyond the surace apperarances. When Thoreau said this it was letting the reader know that he understood that there is more to life then people think. When burrowing is used in his example he makes it seem like there are mulitpule layers insted of only one. Thoreau is "digging" for things tht lead him to find out more about life. He wants to uncover the deeper understanding of reality. Also, stating how many people overlook those kinds of things in their daily life. Adding to that he wrote “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” His use of digging is just in his world another way to uncover important knowlage.