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Economy (Walden) (Walden and life necessities (Thoreau built a house in…
Economy (Walden)
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Building the house
Thoreau bought himself an ax and cut down pine trees to use for the cabin. This is somewhat interesting since Thoreau admires nature so much that he becomes friends with the pines yet cuts them down to build himself a house
Thoreau compare men in a primitive state to a semi-frozen snake since the spring allows them to live in a higher state of life.
Around mid-April Thoreau finishes the framework for the house, a laborer bought boards and in early May a few friends helped Thoreau to raise the house. After that, he boarded the house and then roofed it.
On Independence Day Thoreau moved into the cabin and in Fall he built himself a chimney to make cooking easier.
Thoreau believes that people should build their own house because it promotes individualism and it is only natural to do so such as the birds who build their own nest.
Planting/Farmers
Thoreau planted two and a half acres with potatoes, corn, peas, beans, turnips.
Thoreau used different types of wood and stumps for fuel. Thoreau ended up making $8.71 by selling vegetables that he didn't eat.
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Farmers believe that oxen have more freedom than farmers because they have the biggest building in town and he wishes there was that much space for free speech/free worship.
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Shelter
Shelter is a life necessity but it has not always been that way. Thoreau explains that it is merely human instinct to want to be sheltered such as children finding caves.
Thoreau wishes to build a house that will not make him feel as if he is trapped. Thoreau built his cabin based off of a box he saw near the railroad.
Thoreau wants a simple house because he is a simple man he believes that society complicates living quarters so much. People compare their houses to others and begin to feel poor, he feels that people should be like the Indians living in simple wigwams.
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Joys of nature
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This extreme love for nature shows how Thoreau values being connected with the natural world as a Transcendentalist.
Clothes
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People always want to wear the latest fashion which Thoreau finds to be unnecessary since corporations want to get rich and don't much about people.
Thoreau found it very easy to go out and get his own food so he never had to trade for food. The only thing he would trade for was clothes and fuel.
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Thoreau did not eat meat just to prove that it could be done and this shows how much Thoreau connects with nature to a point where he only eats what he can find around him in nature.