Walden vs. hudsen river school

“Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand…keep your accounts on your thumbnail” (237). Here, Thoreau speaks of the importance of simplicity and the appreciation for life and nature. Similarly, in the center of Church’s painting, t

here is a warm, yellow tone from which one would be reminded of the simplicity of sipping lemonade at sunset in summertime. Thoreau argues that our lives are too complicated with all the events we partake in, and the material possessions we are surrounded by. Even while he argues the importance of simplicity, it is apparent that his writing style is very intricate. Likewise, Church’s painting displays a combination of complex patterns that need to be dissected.

Unlike Church, Thoreau fails to bring out the positive and negative aspects of nature. Thoreau writes, “In one heavy thundershower the lightning struck a large pitch pine across the pond….making a very conspicuous spiral groove….I passed it again the other day and was struck with aw

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