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Walden

Ken Kealey
11/10/2002
Adv. Writing




Being Henry Thoreau
Mankind has long struggled to find it's identity. As the world evolved, society began to place their identity in objects, appearance, or status. Such idolatrous ways disgusted a man by the name of Henry David Thoreau. In his book Walden, Thoreau packs up ship for two years and heads out to live a life of experiment and solitude. The ultimate purpose of his book was to make people aware of the lives they have submitted themselves to, and likewise re-evaluate what they place more value in; themselves or their possessions. The question Thoreau asks the reader is whether they control their possesions or do there possessions control them?
Reading this book can be mentally stressing. For some, Thoreau is a genius with revolutionary ideas and philosophy. For others, he is just a hermit and social reject who was angry at the world and wanted his voice heard. After reading the book, I believe...

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