... world. One idea that Thoreau proposes is that man's life needs to be condensed, simplified. I agree with these ideas. The example he uses in Walden is that he finds gratification in building his own house. Thoreau finds much pleasure by building shelter with simple and natural means. By using what he ... values. Thoreau acknowledges that the soul alone is essential to live life to the fullest, that material things represent mere distractions. These discoveries appear in Thoreau's Walden. Even after reading a short excerpt from this magnificent work, one finds them self enthralled by the ...

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... social institutions he considered immoral and for his faith in the religious significance of nature. The essay "Civil Disobedience" is his most famous social protest. Walden, a study of Thoreau's experiment in living close to nature, is chiefly responsible for his literary reputation. Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on ... 's raid at Harpers Ferry in "A Plea for Captain John Brown-. In 1845, Thoreau moved to the shore of Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. He lived there alone from July 4, 1845 to Sept. 6, 1847. Walden (1854) records Thoreau's observations of nature ther...

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