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walden
Title: walden
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 868 | Pages: 3.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
walden
The Downfalls of Patterned Living
Life is a conglomeration of patterns and imitations. Insecurity or simply laziness are generally the culprits behind the endless masses of people that choose to sacrifice their identities for conformity. They deny originality and consequently form that which we call “society” which is largely based upon false pretense and imitation. Both the comfort and stability of habit, and the fear of change or individuality lead these same masses of people …showed first 75 words of 868 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 868 total…of living is lost. The tone presented reflects this idea throughout by showing a animosity towards unoriginal thinking and unnecessary emphasis on frivolous things. Although Thoreau does not expect everyone in modern day society to move to the forest, he does try to present some ideas on society, returning to the simple things in life, and looking to nature for life’s necessities in hope that the reader might reevaluate what is important in life.
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