In "Civil Disobedience," what happens right after the townspeople "locked the door on [Thoreau's] meditations"? Thoreau imagines that the meditations symbolically follow the jailers out of the door. Thoreau begins to write this essay explaining his meditations. Thoreau laughs as he thinks of how naive his jailers are. Thoreau wonders if he could have been asked to do community service.

Thoreau imagines that the meditations symbolically follow the jailers out of the door.

Explanation:

According to the book "Civil Disobedience", right after the townspeople locked the door on Thoreau's meditations, he imagines that the meditations symbolically follow the jailers out of the door.

Thoreau did this, to ensure his continued and uninterrupted meditation.

“thy baited hooks shall tangle me no more.”

“hath taught me to set in trifles no store,”

“me lusteth no longer rotten boughs to climb.”