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Waden imeditation Henry David Thoreau Character introduces Personal experience Works appreciation famous aphorism Character introduces He was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on the 12th of July, 1817. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1837, but without any literary distinction. AbstractHenry David Thoreau (l8l7--l862) is the l9,h century AInericantranscendetulist writer and preservation thinker. His understanding of nature isunprecedented in American literature. He spent most of his lifetime observingnature and wrote many works on nature and man-nature relationship. The ideas inthese works went beyond his age and were thus ignored by his cofltemporaries Personal experience In 1845 he built himself a small frame house on the shores of Walden Pond, and lived there two years alone, a life of labor and study. This action was quite native and fit for him. As soon as he had exhausted the advantages of that solitude, he abandoned it. 《Walden》 Walden emphasizes the importance of self-reliance, solitude, contemplation, and closeness to nature in transcending the crass existence that is supposedly the lot of most humans. The book is neither a novel nor a true autobiography, but combines these genres with a social critique of contemporary Western cultures consumerist and materialist attitudes and its distance from and destruction of nature. About《Walden》 That the book is not simply a criticism of society, but also an attempt to engage creatively with the better aspects of contemporary culture is suggested both by his proximity to Concord society and by his admiration for classical literature. There are signs of ambiguity, or an attempt to see an alternative side of something common -- the sound of a passing locomotive, for example, is compared to natural sounds. famous aphorism I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. 我喜欢独处。我从没遇