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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....
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