Simplicity In Walden

I once read Walden by Henry David Thoreau. The book’s cogent viewpoint of independency resonated with my own ideals. His ideas on self-reliance and simplicity influenced me to extol virtues of an individualist’s life; moreover, his consistent motifs of nature helped me understand simplicity and the hindrances of too many luxuries. My mentality to impress those around me changed to that I should impress myself. Walden granted me the acumen to adjust myself to the individualist’s lifestyle. Thoreau spoke greatly of self-reliance, which I previously was not effulgent in. He grew his own food, cut his own wood, and fished for his own fish; he survived on his own. Whereas, I learned to have the sanguine attitude to better myself without others. I have wrestled for six years; each, I have been determined to be a paragon, even if that is a spurious idea. Wrestling is an individualist’s sport; I have neither teammates to wrestle with me, or a leader to carry me. Furthermore, in school, I rely on myself first. I repudiate copying and apathetic efforts to …show more content…
Ironically, he creates fractious, long sentences that do not convey his message in syntax; nevertheless, he maintains simplicity as the core of Walden. I was once infatuated with luxuries: new LEGO kits that I would never open, whimsical toys that I would pick up once, maybe twice, and countless games that I would never play. Years of this attitude inured me to always want more; I was trapped my own cupidity. I did not understand happiness, or even the simple value of these things; rather, I was implacable with the plethora of things I had. Now, the simplest commodities jubilate me; intangible ideas such as friendship and family, or a new fur-lined jacket that will last years. Thoreau’s idea has proved invaluable to me; for, I have discovered happiness in the simplicity of what I have, rather than the excess of which I do