Walden

Christianity and Judaism

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Values advocated in Thoreau 's Walden

A well-known American writer Henry David Thoreau is considered to be one of the founders of transcendentalism . This new tendency in literature introduced the idea of creating a utopian world where people would be able to enjoy their life . As for Thoreau , the main principles of his philosophy are presented in a famous book "Walden

Thesis Statement Ascertaining the idea that humans cannot live aside from nature and that they should build their

economy in the way so as not to break human link with nature has become the main idea of Thoreau 's Walden

The universal nature of Thoreau 's main principles makes them applicable in modern life circumstances . As for my research , it will be focused around Boston community . In addition , the primary objective of this is to show that Thoreau 's ideas and principles of life are still applicable in modern society

Praising nature and linking human life to nature has become the primary value of Thoreau 's Walden . Interestingly , the book itself is based on the experiment . In the course of this experiment Thoreau tries to ascertain the idea of natural economy , which is seen by the famous trandencialist as the best way to escape from the usual difficulties of the real world . Thoreau 's accent on nature actually promoted him to becoming a "social gospel " of "an organic society (Lewis 12 Significantly , when linking human life to nature...