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Chapter Summary: Walden By Henry David Thoreau

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Instead of writing a boring chapter summary about Thoreau’s “Walden,” I decided to take a hike through Radnor Lake State Park in Nashville. Once I arrived at the site, I had no clue as to where the trail entrance was. I used my common sense and found the trail map. The map showed two different trails. One trail was marked as an “easy route” with wildlife observation areas and the other trail was marked with several spots of elevation. On this day, I chose to challenge myself by taking the more difficult trail. I started my hike on a high note with lots of energy and excitement. About a quarter of a mile into the trek, I realized I was not even on the trail. Disappointed and embarrassed, I returned to the trail map. Once I found the correct …show more content…

While sitting on this bench, I looked up, out, and around. When looking up, I felt trapped. All I saw were trees, as if they were a cover keeping me in and sheltering me. I wanted to know what was beyond this, if anything. When I looked out and around, I felt as if there was so much to explore around me and the possibilities of places to wander were endless. When I looked up again, I felt insignificant and small, especially considering that my legs were dangling from this bench. I felt like I was the only human in existence. When I remembered that I was not the only one in this world, I felt even more insignificant. Then I realized that the things I worry about and problems I think I have, do not really matter. Furthermore, I realized that my life will not have meaning unless I give it meaning. I think Thoreau would applaud that thought. In his work, he greatly encourages living a meaningful …show more content…

I think that was a very important feeling to me because something I struggle with is being alone. I am very independent in everything I do and do not mind doing things or trying things on my own. However, at the end of the day I want to know that I have people that I can surround myself with when I need to. But not feeling lonely was a feeling I have not felt I a long time. I think I felt that way because there was simply no one to run to in the woods, it was just me. While I was meditating, I started to appreciate the state of being alone and can now accept it with open arms. Therefore, I agree with Thoreau when he said, “I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time…I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude”

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There is no worry of trying to meet people for contentment. Solitude can be easier to manage and has the possibility of being a much more self-sufficient source of pleasure. Being alone does not have the various benefits that arise from companionship, but all conflict is internal and autonomous. Inner conflict is simple and does not rely on the randomness of external

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As individuals each is determined by his or her choices throughout the course of a lifetime. A man may sit before the world and refuse to follow in the footsteps of any other man before him but likewise he must suffer the results of his decisions. People are defined by their choices. Set back, deep in a quiet wood, Thoreau had retreated from society to discover the purpose of life and how to truely life. By this decision Thoreau was enabled to right Walden which encompassed all the beliefs he had thusly determined about society.

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