Walden and the Environment

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This essay makes a comparison between Thoreau's Walden and a lecture series on how water was critical to the industrial revolution. The writer discusses that in both instances, water seems to operate as a life force rejuvenating the human spirit, such as is the case with Walden and offering a look at limitless potential especially as part of the industrial revolution. The paper also offers a viewpoint of water uplifting the human spirit and making the soul feel revitalized.

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""When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods...". Thoreau continues the opening of his essay, Walden, by letting the reader know he has spent the previous two years at his cabin near Walden Pond. The pond is located in Concord, Massachusetts where Thoreau spent time living a simple life relying on no one. He makes it clear to the reader that this period of time has ended and he has rejoined civilization. He describes his project within the first section and lists his motivations for the move to the cabin. Anticipating the skepticism that the people of the town will heap his direction, he states his views as society not being the only place to live."

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