Henry David Thoreau, a lifetime resident of Concord, Massachusetts and a huge supporter of Transcendentalism has influenced countless lives due to his works of literature and his Transcendentalist values. His growing impact has been reached across the globe, and his writing has allowed Americans to create a style that was individual to themselves, though some of his writing contradicts this idea. Thoreau is a fault for putting numerous examples of Greek and Roman Mythology in his writing, and this directly goes against what the Transcendentalists wanted for themselves. Thoreau incorporated European values and ideas in his work, and these things should have been left back in Europe for the betterment of the American culture. As the main figure