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1、CourseessayforEnglishliterature---2014LifePhilosophyfromtheWaldenInthenineteenthcentury,withtherapiddevelopmentofmodernsocialproductiveforcesofcapitalism,peoplebegantofeeltheadvancedtechnologythematerialcivilizationbroughtprofoundly.Meanwhilethepursuitofmater
2、ialbecameobvious.Thecommercializationofagewasinclinedtosatisfywithpeople’sincreasingmaterialrequirementtoamaximumextentwhileanyspiritualbeliefinthetideofthestrongdevelopmentofcapitalismappearfeebleandsovulnerable.Inthefaceofsuchphenomenon,manyscholars,thinker
3、sandotherpeoplewithloftyideasgeneratedtheunprecedenteddoubts:Isthecommercialsocietyofcapitalismouridealsociety?Arethemoneyandthepowerourhumanpermanentpursuit?Withthiskindofdoubts,inthesummerof1845,ThoreaubuiltlogcabinbesideWaldenPond,livinginthewoodsalongfort
4、woyearsandtwomonths.Helivedmodestly,Self-sufficiencyandplantedsprouts,gatheringberries.Duringthesparetime,heoftenwentswimmingandwentforawalk,orchattedwithsomefriendslivingatthenearbytown.Meanwhile,hewrotedowntheWalden,therepresentativeworksofimmortality.Theau
5、thor’smovingtothecabinwasweirdaction,especiallyintheagewhenmostpeoplechoosetostruggletosucceedinsocietyrequiringmoremoneyandpower.TheWaldenisthesinceredescriptionofthenature,theauthoritativeguideofsimplelifeandtheheartlesschargestothegoldcoinsociety.-7-Course
6、essayforEnglishliterature---2014”Innumerablelittlestreamsoverlapandinterlaceonewithanother,exhibitionasortofhybridproduct,whichobeyshalfwaythelawofcurrents,andhalfwaythatofvegetation.Asitflowsittakestheformsofsappyleavesorvines,makingheapsofpulpyspraysafootor
7、moreindepth,andresembling,asyoulookdownonthem,thelaciniated,lobed,andimbricatedthallusesofsomelichens;oryouareremindedofcoral,ofleopard’spawsorbirds’feet,ofbrainsorlungsorbowels,andexcrementsofallkinds.”(chapter17)TheaboveexampleisfromthedescriptionoftheWalde
8、nPondbytheauthorwhenalivelyandfreshpictureunfoldbeforeoureyes.ThedescriptionofthebeautifulsceneryofWaldenPond,inConcord,Massachusettscontrastsdeliberatelytothedestructiontonaturebyhumanbe
