Walden by Henry David Thoreau5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() A life lived doing what most consider "good" would in his eyes be wasted. ![]() The narrator disputes the wisdom of old people, most of whom have not truly "tried life," and the value of tradition. He wanted to discover "what, to use the words of the catechism, is the chief end of man, and what are the true necessaries and means of life." Having seen other young men who have inherited farms enslaved and made a machine by the obligations of property, Thoreau sought to escape their plight through his life at Walden. The book is a response to questions his townsmen have asked about his life at Walden, and as such, will focus on Thoreau himself and his experiences. ![]() Thoreau opens his book by stating that it was written while he lived alone in the woods, in a house he built himself, on the shore of Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. ![]()
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