Thoreau's Point Of View In Walden

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Imagine yourself in a place without electricity or modern technology. A place where you are alone, with only Mother Nature’s gift of animal and plant life for you to strive off of. Where it is necessary to be innovative with the tools you create so that you may survive in such uncharted territory. True, secluded wilderness is the only space on earth where this is possible. Lush, green forests, where the birds chirp and rivers flow blue, are the only places with no distractions of today’s society. Where everyone doesn’t live through the motions of one life, but where you can be true with yourself and learn what it means to be human. This is Thoreau’s point of view in Walden. He believes in nature’s simplicity, that man can survive alone in the wilderness by …show more content…

He had to get to Skagway extremely fast and he learned to do this work in an effective manner. He was always in a hurry, but he traveled in an efficient way because he knew how to work around nature. He would stand in from of the sled and pack down the snow with webbed shoes to make it easier and faster for the sled dogs to move the sled. Perrault made sure that day after day, they left as the sun rose and settled camp when it set. When Spitz died and Sol-leks took his spot, Buck refused to be traced in because he wanted the new leadership position. “Perrault looked at his watch and swore,” (London 54), he was the one who reluctantly let Buck take the lead because he had a need to be as efficient with their time. He also pushed the dogs to make a record run and average forty miles a day because he knew their capacity and he knew how to treat them. He would feed the dogs their food first and check their feet from injuries that would slow them down. Perrault believed that weather should not put a halt to efficient work which proved effective by being the only leaders who set records for the distance they

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