Walden is a collection of essays by American writer henry david thoreau. Henry david thoreau (18 17- 1862), an American writer, thinker and naturalist, was an important representative of transcendentalism in the19th century.
Walden consists of 18 short articles. In the process of changing seasons, Thoreau's inner longing, conflict, disappointment and self-adjustment, as well as the complicated mental journey of longing again after adjustment, were recorded in detail and went through several cycles until it was finally realized.
It shows that the author uses it to challenge the boundaries of himself and even the whole mankind. But this challenge is not infinite hope to realize self-worth, but infinite strength to recover after injury.
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/kloc-in the first half of the 0/9th century, the United States was in the initial stage of the transition from the agricultural era to the industrial era. With the pace of industrialization of capitalist society, the American economy has developed rapidly and society has made continuous progress. The vigorous development of industry and commerce led to the absolute dominance of money worship and hedonism among the masses at that time.
People are crazy, greedy, and excessively grab and occupy limited natural resources, while large areas of forests disappear. The roar of big machines can be heard everywhere, but it is difficult to find the songs of birds. People ask nature for it without limit, and finally they are severely punished by nature.
A series of environmental problems, such as the rapid decline of forest coverage, the increasingly serious soil erosion and the decrease of biodiversity, have caused unprecedented damage and pollution to the whole natural ecology, and the living environment of human beings has also become precarious. ?
From July 1845 to September 1847, Thoreau lived alone by Walden Lake for almost two years and two months. Walden not only provided Thoreau with shelter, but also provided him with a unique spiritual atmosphere, and then he launched his own work Walden.
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