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.…

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…

Summary: In chapter 17 titled "Spring", of Henry David Thoreau's famous novel "Walden" the wintry weather is essentially over, and the spring thaw is beginning to start. The commencement of springtime on Walden Pond is clearly declared by the distinct bellows that come from the initial breakup of the pond's thick ice cover. At this point in the chapter, Thoreau introduces the narrative of a hunter who took his boat down to Fair Haven Pond, which at that time was still covered in ice. Thoreau…

In Henry David Thoreau's Walden, Thoreau consistently emphasizes the value of a transcendent life. The transcendent life as described by Thoreau, is a life that is lived with purpose, individuality, simplicity and one that is connected with the beauty of nature. Given this, it is reasonable to conclude that if Thoreau were alive today he would be dissatisfied with how conformist, institutionalized, and materialistic society has become. Thoreau believed that it was critically important to live…

I made the choice to write this poem about the wilderness between Red Feather and Walden because I went on a deep woods camping trip there this summer and was captivated by how powerful the woods feel when you are far enough away from other people. I also found the amount of dead trees in the area to be very ominous, considering the beetle kill was likely over 70 percent in the area, not to mention the left behind elk skulls and deer hangs one can come upon hiking through the area add to the…

In Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, Thoreau talks about his opinions on communications technology at the time and how he does not think it s good for people. However, communications technologies of the times were steps forward in connecting people in ways that would not be possible otherwise. Thoreau talks about how he believes communications technology such as the post office and newspaper are unimportant and unmemorable. He believes that if we read of one bad thing in a newspaper or letter than…

able to be perfected through his own genius. Gothicism lesson from “Where Is Here?” is to not let people too close which relates to the characteristic of an atmosphere of mystery and suspense. Transcendentalism’s lesson was to live simply shown in Walden; the lesson relates back to the characteristic of the individual being important. Just as in these stories, everything can teach a lesson, but someone has to be willing to pay attention and…

One identifiable strength that the Walden university clinical psychology program offers Is the level of competency that the students receive when working towards there degree. The professors that work within the program are season and very knowledgable when it comes to teaching and equipping students with the tools to set them up for success. The contencecy and flow of the program offers a blueprint for students to follow that allow them to access of all areas of pcychology which consist of…

Thoreau’s use of dark imagery and extended metaphors in Walden illustrates his seclusion from society to ultimately convey his journey as an individual through life. In the passage, Thoreau supports his argument with the use dark imagery to reinforce his individual preference of living in contrast to the rest of society’s. He prefers to live in his cabin in the woods, while everyone else lives in places similar to the village he visits. He explains that he “set sail from some bright village or…

Many young people begin to set out on self-reliant quests in nature where they believe they can find themselves. These “quests” are often times extremely dangerous and can even end in death for the person who does it. In the book Walden, Henry David Thoreau explains the benefits of living a simple life. He also states that people have two selves, one wild and one civilized, and that in order to have a healthy mind, one must observe nature in solitude. Observing nature in solitude is necessary…