Analysis Of Walden By Henry David Thoreau

Reading about nature can only do so much to satisfy ones curiosity since they are learning about it through someone else’s perspective. Henry David Thoreau decided to learn about nature on through experiencing it. He immerges himself directly into nature to become one with it. In his book Walden he describes his time living at Walden Pond. Through his time at Walden his was able to separate himself from society and expectations that it creates. Society expects you to want to be rich and famous. Glamorizing the life of celebrities and telling that money can solve all your problems. By living at Walden Thoreau demonstrates that you don’t have to be rich and famous to be satisfied. By idolizing these values you are creating a separation between

Thoreau left the comforts of home to be alone at Walden. By being alone he was able to focus on himself and to come up with a different perspective of a world. He realized that there was nothing wrong with being alone. “I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude” (Pg.128 Thoreau). This shows how prefers to be alone and that interacting with other humans is not always satisfying. It’s hard for someone to be alone since we are always surrounded by other people. “I doubted if the near neighborhood of man was not essential to a serene and healthy life” (Pg.124 Thoreau). By always being around by other people ideas, views, and beliefs will be influence by them. Thoreau realized that he didn’t need people for him to enjoy his life. Nothing was wrong with thinking and being different. Even though he was alone when it came to people he was never truly alone when it came to

In nature you are truly never alone because you are surrounded by the animals and the environment. “Why should I feel alone it’s not a milky way” (Pg.109 Thoreau). You have no right to feel alone in nature when you are truly immerged and observant. When both of these apply you are to see clearly what surrounds you. Not only are you surrounded by the animals but, also the water, trees, wind and dirt. “..Hawks are circling about my clearing; the tantivy of wild pigeons, flying by twos and threes athwart my view, or perching restless on the white-pine boughs behind my house, gives voice to the air, a fishhawk dimples the classy surface on the pond…’(Pg. 108 Thoreau). If you go into the nature blind you will fail to realize all that surrounds you. Thoreau entered into the woods with his eyes wide open which allowed him to become one with nature. “I go and come with a strange liberty in Nature, a part of herself” (Pg.122 Thoreau). This shows how close he became with nature he felt that he was truly one with it. By truly embracing his surrounding Thoreau realized that in nature he would truly never be alone. During his time at Walden he was also able to learn the importance of living a simple