Walden Pond

Walden Ponds is an extravagant documentary from a man named David Henry Thoreau. The book begins as a recollection Thoreau spent two years at the Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. His contrast of nature and machinery paved the way into a mix of birds chirping and railroads screeching. During his time at Walden Ponds, he realized the essence of nature was one of pure subsidy and relaxation. Often stretching his arm out into the lake whenever he went fishing, just to hear the sound and vibrato of the water trickling. The destruction of modern technology, the absence of nature from society, and the passing of seasons all contribute to the wonders Thoreau experienced at Walden Ponds. Thoreau was at his prime during the Industrial Revolution.…

ten by Henry David Thoreau “Walden” is a novel about simple living in natural surroundings and is also a serious social voyage and self, spiritual discovery. Thoreau describes a personal account of events over the span of two years were he was completely self reliant living only of nature in a cabin he built near Walden pond in Concord, Massachusetts. By living isolated on Walden Pond Thoreau hoped to gain a better understanding of society through personal experiences that he believed could…

8 - 8 - 17 The Pond in Winter The opening of this chapter introduces another interesting though: that nature asks no questions, while we ask questions about it such as “what-how-when-where?” I have watched numerous debates where both scientific intellectuals and religious figures have spoken, and questions come up such as: “Why are humans on earth?” or “What is the purpose of life?” or “How does the universe regulate itself so perfectly?” After hearing people talking about this and getting…

Henry David Thoreau was an American author who in addition to being a poet, naturalist and abolitionist was one of the leading transcendentalists. Like Emerson and other transcendentalist Thoreau concerned himself with self-reliance, individualism and the purity of nature. Thoreau decision to move to Walden Pond is a culmination of his transcendentalist ideals. He chose to live in simplicity and sounded by the natural world which he found to be incredibly stimulating. His time spent at Walden…

People should have the choice of whether to live or die. In Of Mice And Men, by John Steinbeck, the two main characters Lennie and George are hanging out by a pond making plans for the rest of their life. Then they go to a farm in Soledad. They acquire the job they wanted and became friends with a few of the people there. The farm’s most respected authority figure gives Lennie a puppy which he kills just a few days later along with the boss's son’s wife. Lennie runs away to the river by which…

We used to call it the Vistas. Everyday afterschool my friends and I rode the school bus through Miami-Dade until we got to the vistas at Walden Pond. Walden Pond was a place located on county line road. The county line split Dade and Broward County from each other. The vistas at Walden Pond were surrounded by lakes and a very noisy highway. A barbershop and a corner store was right down the street, as well as the supermarket Winn-Dixie. Home to many people of different ethnicities and…

When, in the mid-1800s, Transcendentalism became prominent, so too did the subject of nature. It was believed that nature was a freeing force, a refuge for the human soul. It was in nature, that humans could discover their true selves. Henry David Thoreau in particular believed in the wonders of nature and would isolate himself at Walden Pond for two years of his life. More than a century later, Thomas Merton would pursue the idea of solitude and importance of nature from his hermitage in…

Henry David Thoreau, an unconventional Romantic writer, uses his experience at Walden Pond to decipher the significant elements of life. Through his time spent in solitude, he ponders upon personal development and wishes to “live deliberately” and simply. Thoreau’s idea of living simply and reflecting on the important things in life allows him to realize that society is filled with a myriad of detrimental matters, including the prominent materialistic mindset, unnecessary distractions including…

(An Analysis of Thoreau’s Walden) Henry David Thoreau once said, “All good things are wild, and free.” He seemed to believe this philosophy strongly, considering he lived freely in the wild alone for two years. While Thoreau was in his homemade cabin in the mountains, he wrote a book titled Walden. The text was a personal account reciting experiences and revelations. Thoreau discovered many things about himself, society, the world, and life. There are three main themes in Thoreau’s Walden that…

times. When he wrote Walden, Thoreau wrote about his own experiences in the natural world and how it changed him. In his writing, Thoreau explains why one should live deliberately. He actively argues to convince the reader to do so. Even today, Thoreau’s words still hold up, convincing more people every year that life has to be well lived, not just well supplied with expensive clothes and technology to entertain you, but valued for its worth as the dearest thing owned. In the end, only one thing…