Henry David Thoreau - Walden | Thread profile

Not being much of a non-fiction reader i was a bit taken aback at the start and it's very hard to describe the book and the man. I suppose the base is a man trying to experience another way of life,an alternative to "moderne" usages. He goes to live in the woods,building his own house,and living with the minimum.He bring life to it's basic needs,reducing all form of excess.The ascetic life ...

Walden is an American classic, both for the author's love for nature and his independence. As he says, he marches to "a different drummer". Actually, he failed as a hermit. Walden Pond is an easy walk (for a 19th century walker) from Concord where Thoreau had friends and family. The Emersons had him for dinner, although I don't know of any evidence he ever returned the hospitality. The ...

I toke it more metaphoricaly.In a time of high consumerisme;it is good sometime to see what is escencial in our lives.All the part about people wanting show houses they have no us for,working like slave to pay of debts for more of the latest fashion in cloth and goods was an interesting point. I know a great many people caught is lives they don't even enjoy and can't find a way out because of ...

I love thoreaus walden. Great book, and it had alot of stuff i found myself highlighting in it. His views on work or living alone. I also enjoy his essays where he talks about his views on animal rights or anarchism. Like "live without principal" or "resistance to the civil government". Parts of walden also remind me ALOT of Edward abbeys "abbeys road". They actually remind me alot of each ...

Quote: Originally Posted by Disenthral I love thoreaus walden. Great book, and it had alot of stuff i found myself highlighting in it. His views on work or living alone. I totally agree with this. Walden is one of my absolute favorite books. It always makes me calming down when I'm stressed and gives complete ...