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    puerile, intrepid men to jeopardize their precious lives in the mist of nature itself. Some believe there are a multitude of reasons regarding their inability to deal with civilization. No matter the cause, Christopher Johnson McCandless and the Henry David Thoreau’s credences are quite homogeneous as to why a person would turn their back on the conventional life. Their desires were pellucid in which they decided to both lead a simple life in the country due to their detestation towards the…

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    Title: “Solitude” Author: Henry David Thoreau Argument: One should not feel lonely because life has so much to offer. The word, solitude usually has a negative connotation. Being lonely may bring up sad and heartbreaking emotions. People long to have company around them, someone to go eat dinner with and have fun. Once isolated from society people believe that one can’t be happy. In a story titled, “From Solitude” written by Henry David Thoreau, he argues that one should not feel lonely…

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    Though they lived centuries apart from one another, Christopher McCandless and Henry David Thoreau both uncovered the importance of living simplistically by retreating to the woods. When Thoreau first arrived at the house that he was to be staying at by Walden Pond, the first thing he noted was that the house was quite dilapidated. The walls were stained by the weather and had quite a few holes in them, causing the nights to be cold. The house also had no plastering nor a chimney, and the entire…

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    re from a distance, but many authors, such as Thoreau, go to nature to try to find answers. In “Walden”, Henry David Thoreau recounts his time living on his own in the wild. He moved into the woods with only the bare necessities as a sort of personal experiment, but also to assure himself that he wouldn’t die without ever living. He was immediately attracted to the Howell farm because of “its complete retirement”. Thoreau’s yearning for nature is parallel to Ishmael’s longing to go out to sea…

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    In the collection of essays from walden by henry david thoreau had a lot of transcendentalist based statements some of which were based on the premise of nature and god. “Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. . . .” (lines 155 from the pond in winter.) What Thoreau means literally by this is everywhere around him is perfect. But how this connects to nature and god is really just that heaven is this distant paradise but nature is also that paradise and it completely perfect. This…

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    relating from the long day I had from school, work and practice, when all of a sudden there is a knock on my door. Not knowing who it is I cautiously walk to my door expecting maybe one of my friends wanting to hangout, but to my surprise I see Henry David Thoreau at my steps! Not knowing what to do I invite him inside but he just silently shakes his head and points to my outside gate a says, “How about we go for a walk instead?” I quickly put my shoes on and rush out the door ready for whatever…

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    Like Henry David Thoreau and his new word here take out constituents constituents promote, learning should be through experience. No physicist earns a degree through merely reading a textbook. They earn a degree through applying what they reading into the real world circumstances. In other words, they experience what they read. This is the intent of all novels. No author wrote a book in hopes that the reader wouldn't feel a connection or engagement to the story. Every author's intent is to…

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    “Our life is frittered away by detail.” This quote from Walden, by Henry David Thoreau, is saying how our life is wasted away by detail and people spend way too much time stressing out about things that don’t matter all that much. If one has 10 million priorities and other scheduled events on their agenda, then they going to be so overwhelmed in life and won’t be able to handle it and succeed. If one limits their priorities, they will have less responsibility and will end up having more time…

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    Henry David Thoreau on Political and Social Reform Thoreau, Henry David. "Henry David Thoreau: Resistance to Government or Civil Disobedience." American Transcendentalism Web. Ed. Jessica Gordon and Ann Woodlief. Virginia Commonwealth University,, 1999. Web. 12 Jan. 2016. . In this selection of quotes from Thoreau, in addition to excerpts from his writings, one can deduce that Thoreau was passionate about political reform. Henry Thoreau argues that American voters should vote on…

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    self. Henry David Thoreau is unlike the characters in Call of the Wild in their self reliance, their view of possessions, and their reasons for going to the wilderness. Henry David Thoreau believes that isolation is the best way to live, but Francois does not live the same type of life. Henry David Thoreau’s entire philosophy is based off of living simply. Overabundance of other people goes against the very definition of simplicity by complicating life with other people’s business. Thoreau…

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