Almost everyone in the world has realized that life is one big cycle. Wake up, go to work, have a long day, then go back home to whichever life you may have. Then continue this cycle, again, and again, and again. Compared to some people, this cycle is not that bad. If you have an exciting life that is. But whether the life is good or bad, according to Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, that is not the proper way to live. Thoreau gives off the message that mankind should stop rushing their lives with unnecessary things, and slow down so they can know what true happiness and peace is, before they die without living.
To send his message, Thoreau uses allusion and tone toward the audience. He says “I have been a sincere a worshiper of Aurora as the Greeks”. Thoreau uses “Aurora” to symbolize nature, and “Greeks” to himself. The audience should have known that the ancient Greeks were very religious and extremely respectful to their Gods and idolized them, all the time, everyday. Thoreau said, “I got up …show more content…
He asks why people give such poor performances in their day, if they had just been asleep. Millions of people get up, and do their regular jobs everyday, without doing something extraordinary like they could have. It is because they are not yet awake, by the light of life. They are only awake enough for the physical labor, but only a few in the millions of people around the world is awake to love, and appreciate life. The tone he gives off is very sad, depressed, and pitiful. Thoreau asked how he could look a man in the face, if he is not yet awakened. Meaning that Thoreau would feel deeply sorry that someone is standing in front of him, and does not know what he is missing. He is pitying the human race, because they go on with their life as if everything is the way it should be, when in reality they know nothing at all. Thoreau is disappointed that he will not be able to show people the
To send his message, Thoreau uses allusion and tone toward the audience. He says “I have been a sincere a worshiper of Aurora as the Greeks”. Thoreau uses “Aurora” to symbolize nature, and “Greeks” to himself. The audience should have known that the ancient Greeks were very religious and extremely respectful to their Gods and idolized them, all the time, everyday. Thoreau said, “I got up …show more content…
He asks why people give such poor performances in their day, if they had just been asleep. Millions of people get up, and do their regular jobs everyday, without doing something extraordinary like they could have. It is because they are not yet awake, by the light of life. They are only awake enough for the physical labor, but only a few in the millions of people around the world is awake to love, and appreciate life. The tone he gives off is very sad, depressed, and pitiful. Thoreau asked how he could look a man in the face, if he is not yet awakened. Meaning that Thoreau would feel deeply sorry that someone is standing in front of him, and does not know what he is missing. He is pitying the human race, because they go on with their life as if everything is the way it should be, when in reality they know nothing at all. Thoreau is disappointed that he will not be able to show people the