How Is Henry David Thoreau An Abolitionist

Henry David Thoreau was an American philosopher, abolitionist, and naturalist who constructed ideas about living. In 1845, Thoreau moves to Walden Pond Massachusetts to study human nature. Between 1845 and 1847, he writes an essay, Walden, describing simple living in nature. An excerpt from Thoreau’s essay states, “I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived” (Thoreau). Thoreau is saying in the present it is necessary to live with purpose and not with passivity. In the future, he hopes to gain relevant information and not to die without doing so. In layman’s terms. While Thoreau and I have a differing

In 1845, Thoreau left his life in Concord, Massachusetts behind in a quest to determine the factors necessary to living meaningfully. By doing so, Thoreau creates an unrealistic sense of reality which paints his legacy as a non-conformist. Instead, he should have considered skills he may have lacked; potentially time-management, self-reflection, and/or collaboration, all of which reflect on reality. Instead of philosophising about lifes meaning, I prefer to take a practical approach to purposeful living. I reflect on how I conduct myself throughout a given day, creating a plan for a better tomorrow. I lack respectable time-management skills; in fact last year I made the decision to turn in a science project a day late to accomodate an English essay! It wasn’t until afterwards I realized that had I initially spent more time on the project prior to the deadline, I wouldn’t have created a dilemma. Thoreau’s claims would be much more clear had he attributed them to present issues versus abstract

It isn’t good enough to “Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something” (Thoreau). Purpose; it is indispensable. I don’t wake up in the morning because I want to stay stationary. I have obligations and motivations for waking up each day, quite relevant to what Thoreau is expressing. It isn’t good enough to simply wake up, yet it is imperative to take action. I firmly believe learning to write is a dynamic journey of endless self-improvement, unlike riding a bike; this may only be accomplished once. I know how to write an essay, yet I am not exceptional. Consistency instead of complacency is essential to self-improvement. Many people do not work towards self-improvement. Thousands of people graduate high-school working for fast food restaurants and retail, which is also the career they retire in. Self-improvement stems from a desire to discover and to better oneself. At the beginning of my high-school journey, I believed that I would be working a minimum wage job until I obtained a college degree. Through my own self-improvement and invested interest, I am part of a multi-member startup