How To Write A Reflective Essay On Thoreau's Walden

I leaned into the open car window. “I’m just going to check out the house and try to get some reading done by the pond, Mom.” The summer assignment, after all, was to read Thoreau’s Walden, and what better place to do it than at Walden Pond? As the car window rolled up, I put a hand to my forehead and glanced up at the top of the trees. Its beauty was absolutely stunning, but envisioning the area the way it was described in the book with this road running so close to the pond was difficult. Instead of dwelling on that fact, though, I decided to head down the Pond Path and depart toward the famous house. In the hope that my afternoon would be a quiet, peaceful one, I pressed “play” on an instrumental playlist. Soft guitar chords echoed through my eardrums as I took in the scenery. Through …show more content…
For a moment, we just stared at each other in stunned silence. I was the first one to break it. “I came out here to read your book, um, as authentically as possible. But then there was a huge gust of wind, and somehow I ended up here.” “Where are you from?” he whispered. “A few miles east of here, in Wakefield,” I answered. “But I don’t think that’s the question you should be asking.” I paused for a moment, trying to figure out a way to phrase what I was going to say next that wouldn’t sound absolutely crazy. “I’m from the year 2017.”
With no answers to speak of, we settled into a conversation. As we spoke, I helped him bring all of the furniture back inside the house. We talked about all manner of things, from the state of the world in my time, to questions I had on the reading. “I know you must be asked this question often, but how did you just drop everything and move out here? Wasn’t there anything that made you nervous, like your friends, family, or job? Maybe money wasn’t much of an issue, but honestly, I’m more hung up on the other aspects of your life. It sounds really nice to be able to live so