5/11/2023 0 Comments The book walden![]() He can only regretfully conclude that modern man, obsessed with material gain, has "not leisure for a true integrity. While living at the pond, he had the opportunity to view society from the outside and see that, in contrast to his happy situation, most men "lead lives of quiet desperation." While continually perfecting his life by living simply and close to nature, he could see other men wasting their lives by frantically scurrying here and there, foolishly chasing after wealth and social status which could never fulfill their deepest needs. He hopes to explain the spiritually rich life he enjoyed and, at the same time, through presenting the example of his own life, teach his readers something about the shortcomings and possibilities of theirs. ![]() Walden begins with the narrator informing his audience that this book was written in answer to questions posed about his two-year stay at Walden Pond. ![]()
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