Essay On Thoreau's Writing

I find the most interesting theme and specific element of Thoreau’s writing to be his exquisite knowledge of the art of writing. Thoreau’s writing though may be viewed as intuitive and based on opinion, the ability he had within himself was genius. Each sentence he wrote was an outcome of a long trial of deep thinking. Thoreau wrote from the point of view where his writing would fit the life of a person with high aspirations, lead by morality, and each action though out through spiritual development. Everything he wrote was conveyed through a transcendent meaning. Many of his readers may disagree, but Thoreau was a very versatile writer, even though some many not relate to his thinking, Thoreau had the ability of expressing sharp reality in

but despite the obscurity of the allusions, his work demonstrated experience flashes of inspired understanding of his message. He wrote with purpose and speculated carefully for an intelligent and thoughtful reader. The lasting interest of his work is because of the timeless and obscure themes throughout each of his writings. Reading Walden, you find more themes and evidence that as a whole form the entire story. To me, the most standout and central idea out of all of the themes represented in the book was “beyond nature and human existence.” We read to learn that in Thoreau’s eyes, there is a much higher truth utilized in the whole universe. The idealism is consistent with the Transcendental concept of the ultimate connectedness of man, nature, and God with the optimistic Transcendental perception that the workings of the universe can be understood by the human mind. Continuing reading, we find Thoreau’s clear vision of the integration of nature, man, and heaven. As described in, (Where I Lived.22) “ Let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature, and not be thrown off the track by every nutshell and mosquito's wing that falls on the rails” Thoreau explain to us he went to the woods to "live deliberately," and we find in this quote that Nature itself can provide a path for the way to continue to do