Review: Walden

Walden by Henry David Thoreau
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

WaldenHenry David Thoreau

The genes of natural essentials and their worth are also found in Thoreau’s Walden. It is the name of a pond located near Concord in Massachusetts. There, the transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau wrote the memoir Walden (1854) with the same name, or Life in the Woods. He bought the land from Ralph Waldo Emerson, built a small cabin of wooden planks, and lived there for two years. There he lived in close proximity to nature, planting and cultivating different types of seeds. And got a good price by selling it. He walked near the lake and heard the melodious sound of birds. Also, foxes used to come to this lake to drink water. Fishermen also came to catch fish. When winter came, the water of this lake became ice, and people also broke the ice. The poet was sad to see this scene. The poet also broke the ice to measure the length of the lake and measured the depth and length. The seasons changed, and the spring water came back into the lake, and the animals and birds came to drink again. The poet was happy to see this. And two years later he was leaving this wooden cabin. Thus, through this poem, the poet gives us the message to respect the elements of nature and to stay close to them without harming them.

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