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What Is Thoreau's View On Nature

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Thoreau views nature and all it does in purely positive light. Explain. Thoreau has a relatively positive view on nature because he sees it as a constant source of company, and a way to keep himself sane. Thoreau is considered to be a transcendentalist which indicates that his beliefs included nature as pure and not corrupt, unlike a civilized society and people. To further explain, Thoreau distanced himself from the corruptness of society, and placed himself in an environment where he could allow his mind and his ideas to flourish without being opened up to the corrupt ideals of a modern society. Nature allowed him to think clearly and become spiritually awoken. In addition, he also found greater company in nature than anyone who was living with human companionship. Thoreau included, “The farmer can work alone in the field or the woods all day, hoeing or chopping, and not feel lonesome, because he is employed; but when he comes home at night… he thinks, remunerate …show more content…

He blurs the line between nature and people when he mentions that people can find happiness and even friendship within nature. He says, “Yet I experienced sometimes that the most sweet and tender, the most innocent and encouraging society may be found in any natural object”(Thoreau 66). He mentions that every pine and every season befriended him and kept him from becoming lonely. He also blurs the line between society and nature when he proclaimed that nature is a better companion than people. This blurs the line because he is providing nature with human characteristics by comparing it to people. To further explain, he tells the reader about a man and woman who provide him with stories. However, the reader can conclude from this that the man and woman are not real, but a way for Thoreau to denounce the belief that nature is not an adequate form of

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