Walden

The book Walden is written by Henry David Thoreau, who is a graduate of Harvard. In order to feel the nature himself, he lived alone by Walden. It was the harmonious life experience that motivated him to write this book.

“Walden is a book with loneness and solitude and a book with a single person.” When your mind is uneasy, you have no need reading the book. It requires you to come down and to be at leisure. The book was written in the middle of the 19th century-a period that is a rapid development of capitalism. Under such a background, most people would rather pursue benefits as possible as they can and try every means to obtain higher power and money no matter what it would cost. Industrial civilization and noisy society was gradually corrupting the nature of the humanity. However, at this situation, a n illuminati graduating from Harvard University, carried an axe along with his lone single shadow. Then away from the city he ran into the uninhabited Walden at the edge of the mountain forest and settled down over here. He insisted on his own ways with a yearning for nature as well as set out the trace of the soul. At th e land of the so-called Walden ‘ drops of god ’ . He became unperturbed in space ， lonely in thought. He quietly uploaded the noise in the city. Then he wrote down the solitude by heart. Every time when people read his book, they definitely will be shocked. He fell into meditating about the life. It made people’s heart become as clear as the pure water. I stand in awe of him, his life turned out to be such simple and meanwhile glamorous. It is rather than momentary but significant. His spiritual world is colorful even exquisite beyond compare. He calls on people live a simple life that is in order to make people experience something new instead of saving money. Maybe this is the value of a person. There’s not any pretence, only be surrounded with solitude and quietness. At the shore of Walden, the author exactly chased for depth, rather, it was pursuing the depth. In a lonely state of mind, he thought about the life and explored the real meaning. Solitude inspired his profound thought. “Do not give me love, money or reputation, please give me the truth.” This was what he was calling in his heart.

In “the conclusion”, the author tells everyone  about his life style and ideal. The aut hor wants truth, not stupidity. When  I calm down and think about it, which refers to the money worship and hedonism of the people in the society at that time. The author uses “stupidity” to express his inner firmness and reluctance to associate with others. The thought of it filled me with awe of the author. When I finally finished reading this book, I gained peace of mind and spiritual sublimation. From my point of view, this is worthy of being a classic that has been handed down for a hundred years!

2019-12-30

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