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    Walden Analysis Essay

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    the pristine Walden pond. He passed his days observing and documenting his surroundings like the breeze rustling the branches of trees and shrubs, animals scurrying about the barren grounds, or the way that the rain hit the surface of the quaint pond and slowly rippled. He combined his two years of elegant writings into a novel that emphasizes simplicity and nature but is filled with literature filled with beautiful language and pros. An analysis of Henry David Thoreau’s novel Walden reveals…

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    Walden Transcendentalism

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    hindrance to some of the simplicities and lessons the real world has to offer. Walden by Henry David Thoreau was written by a principle bound man with a transcendentalistic outlook on his own life and his quest to discover his true self. During his time in the quiet and secluded sanctuary that his cabin provided him he learned many lessons and offers many different ideas on individualism versus social existence. Walden is a piece of literature that should be read by all students because of the…

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    “Big Three” in American Literature along with Walt Whitman and Ralph Emerson. Thoreau devoted his life to explore the importance of humanity and nature. For two years Thoreau lived in a cabin he built at Walden Pond. It was here where he wrote one of his most famous works entitled, Walden. In Walden, Thoreau shares his experiences at Walden Pond. He observed nature and got a deeper respect for nature. A contemporary person 's’ view on nature would be both similar and different from Thoreau’s…

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    Thoreau And Human Nature

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    learn about human nature by removing ourselves from the company of other humans? Thoreau, for one, wanted to answer this same exact question, and he conducted an experiment purely based on his own experience alongside Mother Nature for two years and two months at Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. Through his experiment, Thoreau endeavored to escape the distractions and emotional clutters of society in order to get in touch with his inner self in and to find out what living really meant.…

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    quote originated from his book, Walden which focuses on communicating a visionary and naturalist point of view on life and recognizing the world around you. This quote can be interpreted as Thoreau saying that you should lead a life of trustworthiness and not rely on anybody but yourself. The quote is from chapter one, Economy and concentrates on the optimistic side of Thoreau. He was not singularly a simple man living in the forest and living in separation on Walden…

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    In “Walden” Henry David Thoreau he describes his two year experiment on living with only the bare necessities of life. One of the themes of this story is “Economy”, he describes how he lived working and spending money on only the minimum to survive, and in the process he explains how he became spiritually free in the process. A work we read in class that had many similarities to “Walden” was, “A Way to Wealth” by Benjamin Franklin, he tackles many of the same viewpoints and beliefs about the…

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    Nature can change the way you think of life. Walden and Call of the Wild are both about nature. Both books explore journeys into wilderness and what you can find. Walden shows how you can find what is important in live, and Call of the Wild shows how you can find your true 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…

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    Henry David Thoreau

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    Throughout the book “Walden and Other Writings of Henry David Thoreau,” Thoreau argues that nature brings freedom to the soul, mind, and spirit. Thoreau emphasizes the fact that nature allows humanity to get back to the basics by empowering living instead of merely existing. In order to argue his point, went to live in the woods, provide for himself, saunter, and write daily in his journal. His project was then compiled into short essays to make his case. Thoreau set out to prove himself to…

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    is his or her true destiny is in life. In the story, “Walden”, by Henry David Thoreau wrote about the events and thoughts that came to his mind while he was living at Walden Pond. In 1854, Thoreau lived alone in the woods off the shore of Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. While he was living in the woods, he built himself a house with his hands and earn most of his living by doing hand labor. Furthermore, he lived there in the woods for two years…

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    amount of friends they have, meals they eat, and possessions they own (1102). Thoreau graduated from Harvard university and throughout his life he worked as a tutor, house painter, carpenter, mason, surveyor and pencil maker. In 1845 Thoreau moved to Walden Pond, on his friend’s property, where he built himself a cabin to live in.…

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