Such as when Julia refused to go sailing with Johnny and the Potters, Linda packed up and left with him even though her dad was denying her permission to go with them. Linda did what she wanted to do and did not follow the ways of her sister and father; she made her own path so to speak. Johnny and Linda are also very much like Thoreau also. They live life by themselves and not how everyone wants them to. Thoreau one said " Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it." This goes along with Johnny because he never once cared about the money, he just wanted to do something that he loved doing and make a living out of it. Unlike Mr. Seaton whom it didn't matter how much he hated what he was doing, if he was making a lot of money he stuck with
Such as when Julia refused to go sailing with Johnny and the Potters, Linda packed up and left with him even though her dad was denying her permission to go with them. Linda did what she wanted to do and did not follow the ways of her sister and father; she made her own path so to speak. Johnny and Linda are also very much like Thoreau also. They live life by themselves and not how everyone wants them to. Thoreau one said " Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it." This goes along with Johnny because he never once cared about the money, he just wanted to do something that he loved doing and make a living out of it. Unlike Mr. Seaton whom it didn't matter how much he hated what he was doing, if he was making a lot of money he stuck with