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Thoreau’s View of Nature A Thesis Submitted to College of Foreign Language Qufu Normal University Xingtan College In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Bachelor of Arts ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to my supervisor, Zhuhe for the work she did the last few months. She gave me constant and valuable advice, read my drafts and offered incisive comments on them. Without her help, the thesis could not have been finished smoothly and could never have reached its present form. I am also grateful to all my teachers who have given me excellent lectures and great help, which are indispensable to the completion of this thesis. In addition, my sincere gratitude also goes to my classmates and friends who have offered generous help and useful suggestions during my process of writing this thesis. Finally, I would like to express my appreciation to all the writers whose works have been referred to in this thesis. 摘 要 亨利·戴维·梭罗是十九世纪美国超验主义代表作家之一，他是一位生态文学作家，是一位自然诗人，是践行简朴生活的自然儿女。在物欲横流的当今社会，梭罗的自然观已然成为我们规范自身的一面镜子。本文拟通过对梭罗自然观的研究，引起人们对自身不合理行为的注意，改变贪婪、浮躁以及不真实的个性，从而亲近自然、善待自然，恢复纯真的人性，填补精神的空白。 关键词：梭罗；自然观；人性；自然 ABSTRACT Henry David Thoreau is one of the American transcendentalism writers of the nineteenth century. He is an ecological literature writer; he is a poet who sings of the nature; he is the son of nature who practices a simple life. Thoreau’s view of nature has already become a mirror that can reflect and correct our behaviors in the materialistic society. This paper, by researching Thoreau’s nature point, attempts to draw people’s attention to their incorrect behaviors, so they can change their greedy and impetuous personality, and begin to treat nature in a better way. Only in this way could their innocence humanities be regained and their emptiness minds be filled. Key words: Thoreau, nature point, humanity, nature CONTENTS 0. Introduction………………