Thoreau's Relationship With Nature

Emerson helped Thoreau in many ways, he found Thoreau work when needed and encouraged him greatly in his writing. Perhaps one of the most beneficial things Emerson ever did for Thoreau was loan him some land on the outskirts of Concord where he would build a hut on the shoreline of Walden Pond, a famous location in his writing. Here Thoreau would spend countless hours tramping through the woods and fishing all the while observing nature around him. Nature is seen as a beneficial force in the works of Henry David Thoreau. If one understands, studies and reflects on nature, then lessons about the meaning of being human are sure to follow. Through intimate relationships with nature, Thoreau constructs his own identification and philosophy.