Sunday, December 4, 2011

Walden Essay

Henry David Thoreau’s time in the woods may seem like nothing. It may seem like time wasted. It may seem like time lost. It may seem like simply the musings of a lonely man. It may even seem that Thoreau was insane to have actually spent two months, two years, and two days away from the rest of society. But it was not. Thoreau’s time in the forest was time well-spent, not time wasted.
    Thoreau spent two years, two months, and two days in the forest. No one at that time who could afford not to had dared to do such a thing before. He lived simply. He grew his own food. He observed all of the nature around him and wrote about it. He lived in a simple manner. He lived only in a cabin. No one had thought about doing that. Everybody believed Thoreau to be a strange man. But, he was just a man beyond his own time. His musings on his general surroundings were simple, yet profound. They shape the thoughts of man today. Thoreau’s time spent in the woods was also very important to society today.
    Thoreau’s time spent in the forest was very productive because he wrote many interesting and important things. In fact, if his writings were not important, then society would not still teach about them today. People still bring up Thoreau’s writings in modern arguments about the environment and how industrialism and expansionism threaten to destroy important parts of nature. Thoreau’s writings may not have been relevant back when he wrote them, but they certainly are today. The human population can all learn from what Thoreau has written. Thoreau was a very intelligent man. His writings have much to offer. They are even pertinent to society today. Everyone learns from his writings today.
    Society is still learning from Thoreau’s journals today. People payed him no mind at first. But, later, everyone realized the monumental impact his work could have. Expert researchers still view Thoreau’s journals today when making decisions based on industrialism. Much of Thoreau’s work is studied by students in schools. Thoreau is still teaching us today.
    Henry David Thoreau’s time in the woods was not all for not. He spent two years, two months, and two days in a cabin. He ate food he grew on his own patch of land. He was able to do something that no wealthy man had attempted or thought of seriously before. He wrote his musings in his journals. These musings were very important. He was able to teach society through his journals well after his death. Henry David Thoreau’s time spent in the forest was not wasted; not at all.
    

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