Hindrances In Walden
“Walden” is a story about Henry David Thoreau, who was born in the 1800s. He lived on Walden Pond for two years and two and off in a house he built with only bare essentials. His belief was that man does not need material things only the essential of life to survive and be happy. Thoreau Thought was that material things lead to a carrot on a string effect when you running fast and faster to get the carrot. Example you working hard to buy more things that you don’t need and can’t take them with you when you’re gone. He explains that you can be happy with the essential food, water and shelter nothing more.
Thoreau suggests, “The better part of the man is soon plowed into the soil for compost, by seeming fate called necessity.” I interpreted …show more content…
Some Hindrances are cellphones and social media in our life as well as these entertainment apps, Hulu, Netflix. We can text message and use Facebook see what going on in friends and family’s member life’s around the globe. We are losing touch with what it means to connect with people in real life most would rather text you then speak on the people even if it is a paragraph long text, or they will see your call or message and ignore it then go sit on social media for an hour and say they are busy. People no longer talk to each other as much small talk is dying from what I’m seeing people would rather sit on their phone then interact with other the old fashion way. I love the coffee bars that say we do not have wi-fi pretend it 1995 and talk to each other instead of sitting on your phone.
I disagree with Walden “Things do not change; we change” I believe this is false, if you compare us to today people to people of the 1900 you would see that we have changed. Things have changed we are products of our society and 1900 individuals didn’t have technology and transportation and many other things that we have that why they are different. If Thoreau was born in our 21 century would he would be a different person because the world is different. We change but society changes us look and developing countries leaving old tradition behind because things are
Thoreau suggests, “The better part of the man is soon plowed into the soil for compost, by seeming fate called necessity.” I interpreted …show more content…
Some Hindrances are cellphones and social media in our life as well as these entertainment apps, Hulu, Netflix. We can text message and use Facebook see what going on in friends and family’s member life’s around the globe. We are losing touch with what it means to connect with people in real life most would rather text you then speak on the people even if it is a paragraph long text, or they will see your call or message and ignore it then go sit on social media for an hour and say they are busy. People no longer talk to each other as much small talk is dying from what I’m seeing people would rather sit on their phone then interact with other the old fashion way. I love the coffee bars that say we do not have wi-fi pretend it 1995 and talk to each other instead of sitting on your phone.
I disagree with Walden “Things do not change; we change” I believe this is false, if you compare us to today people to people of the 1900 you would see that we have changed. Things have changed we are products of our society and 1900 individuals didn’t have technology and transportation and many other things that we have that why they are different. If Thoreau was born in our 21 century would he would be a different person because the world is different. We change but society changes us look and developing countries leaving old tradition behind because things are