Essay Archive - Thoreau as a Prophet
Thoreau as a Prophet
Thoreau was a simple man that believed in having only the basic
necessities in life. Thoreau lived a life of simplicity at Walden Pond.
In Walden, Thoreau gives a background of his life and some life experiences
that he has encountered. Thoreau also explains that the four necessities
in life are food, shelter, clothing, and fuel. Thoreau was a prophet of
the twentieth-century regarding the issue of materialism.
In Thoreau's days there were people who lived in luxury and people
that lived with just the essentials of life as he did. Men of those days
worked hard for ....
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