Henry David Thoreau's Writings

Walden was an interesting character with very unique characteristics. He felt that he needed to single out the world and just have nature by his side instead of busy cities. Some think he is crazy and others think he is spot on with his opinions. The real fact though is, it is mentally unhealthy and dark to shade yourself from the general world and public. Since Walden broke off communication from the world while doing his writings, he was unable to receive input from others which would of helped him make his reading even better. Walden spoke on a different level which made it hard for many people to understand. For example, “If I was a that man who had ten cents in the world, and it surpassed my arithmetic to tell if I was that who had ten cents or who had a farm” (Thoreau, 254). I believe that if Thoreau accepted input from others instead of shutting himself away in the world, he could of added information to make it more intriguing instead of the story he has written which just drags on. He also contradicts himself in his own

In Proverbs there is a good verse as an example of this: “Give instruction to a wise man and he will be still wiser, teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning” (Proverbs, 9:9). Thoreau failed to accomplish this, but instead only took from his knowledge bank instead of expanding it. We also learn from our past, Thoreau did an acceptable job at including his past, but I also feel as if he was writing in the present and not writing in past form. His main points from the past are when he is talking about his farms while speaking from his imagination: “I have bought all the farms in succession” (Thoreau, 254). He seems to want to single out everyone and only be in tune with nature, yet even after he states this, he soon moves out of the woods. If he took in other people's views, he may of never had to go into the woods in the first