PLEASE ANSWER!!!
Book: Walden and civil disobedience

Questions:
1. Why do you think that Thoreau singles out individual groups of readers as he begins his first essay?

2. What does Thoreau mean when he says that the "mass of men lead lives of quite desperation"? (Page 4). Is this still true today?

3. what does Thoreau's story about the Indian basket weaver illustrate about his views on capitalism? (pages, 11-12)
Thx