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1、。The Attitude of Life inWaldenHenry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts. He attended Concord Academy, and went to Harvard. After graduation, he worked in his father s pencil factory and taught at school for a short time, and ran a private school for two years. He was a faithful follower

2、 of Emerson with whom he kept a lifelong friendship. Thoreau had a love of thrift inventiveness, and the ability to meet challenges. He insisted that the price for material progress was too high and therefore simplification was the remedy for the problems in modern civilization. He became a major vo

3、ice for the 19th century of America. His primarily works include Civil Disobedience, A Plea for John Brown, Walden / Life in the Woods and TheMaine Woods.Walden , published in 1854, is now considered one of the best-selling books in the history of American literature, and its critical reputation con

4、tinues to grow as much as its popular acceptance.Walden describes Thoreau's about two-year life in a cabin near Walden Pond. He first wrote that a lot of common people were trying their best to earn money and get their necessary things of life, such as food, clothes and houses. While, unlike the

5、m, Thoreau went to the woods to build a cabin which cost nearly little money and need little furniture.After arriving there, he cultivated himself, and tried to live a self-sufficient life without any help from the outside world. Then he began observing Walden Pond, thinking about life, reading some

6、 books, and listening to the sound of nature.Thoreau also mentioned that the noise in the townand the whistle of train disturbed the quiet life. However,when he lived in the rather quiet woods, he could enjoy himself to listen to animals' sounds, such as bird's singing, owl s hooting, and co

7、ckerel s crowing. He lived with animals friendly.It s his hope to isolate himself fromsociety in order to gain a more objective understanding of it.The author also vividly described the pond in four seasons. Sometimes,when the water was flowing, thepond looked like a huge blue mirror. Then everythin

8、g was frozen and everywhere your eyesight reached was white and holy. Just like the pure green water, the ice was always green and looked like precious diamond. Thoreau also wrote a lot of beautiful scenery, the woods, the birds, and the hills. In Thoreaus eyes, Walden Pond was the vitalityand tranq

9、uility of nature and it can purify people s soul. People those who came here would be more happy than in any other places.。We often make ourselves unhappy by wishing for whatever is not true. If it is hot, we long for winter, and if it is cold, we long for summer. Thoreau shows here his ability to e

10、njoy the weather he is experiencing rather than longing for some other weather.Reading Walden , is just like listening to a wise man s talking. The words and phrases about the nature especially the Walden Pond are beautiful and fascinating. The sentences are full of wisdom and philosophy. And it rem

11、inds us of those people who work hard to earn money, waste lots of money to buy luxury and expensive things, waste time to entertain themselves. They may easily lose themselves, and though their bodies are full, their minds are empty. The real life is to make every complicate thing to be simple and

12、enrich our heart and soul.In Walden, Thoreau saw nature as a genuine restorative, which has healthy influence on mans spiritualwell-being, and regarded it as a symbol of spirit. As a mainresister against the materialism of his day, Thoreau determined to live in the hut, devoting his time to observat

13、ions and reflections and refusing all the materials from the modern society. He wanted to prove how far he could free himself from the hypocrisies and unnecessary complexities of the commercial society. It was his firm belief that ” natural objects and phenomena are the original symbols or types whi

14、ch express our thoughts and feelings ”.The ponds in Walden were beautiful and devine, andthe author gave a lot of meanings to it. In Walden, Thoreau wanted to show us such a fact that people can live a simple life and get happier emotions from nature than the industrial world. They should be more fr

15、iendly to nature rather than pollute it. The harmony between nature and human society was very significant, and effective actions should be taken without hesitation.This book begins with the beautiful and charmingseasonspring, then summer, autumn and winter, onthe end, spring comes again, this is ju

16、st a life cycle, and the end is the starting point when all life begin to recover.It is a quiet, tranquil world which is full of wisdom. The analysis of life, critical attitude of the traditional customs, and the unique opinions of the world impress readers deeply. Many images and scenery portrayed

17、in some articles, are really beautiful and meticulous, transparent like pure water, such as the lush green mountains; some also have reasoning thought, very insightful and enlightening.Here the air is clean, the nature is without environmental pollution caused by industrial society. Reading it, read

18、ers will feel the soul of the purity, and get spiritual sublimation.Thoreau talks about a spiritual awakening. The place and time are unimportant, and "the place . . . is always the same" that is, not a physical place but a spiritual location.Usually, unimportant and temporary conditions a

19、re theevents which we allow to cause these moments of awakening. But these conditions are a distraction rather than the spiritual reality itself. Thoreau says that we are closer to our creator than to his creations, a creator who is not someone to talk with but someone who is directing us (The quote

20、d passages are from Confucius).Thoreau s ideas are much ahead of his time. For half a century after his death, he remained in obscurity; but his reputation rose steadily in the 20th century. His works have been edited, published and reverently commented on. His influence even goes beyond America. His statue was placed in the Hall of Fame in New York in 1969 alongside those of other great Americans. -可编辑修改-