I also
love the quote you chose from Henry Thoreau’s Where I Lived, and What I Lived For. It is so poetic and describes
life perfectly. I believe the line is saying that you live life but when you
look at it, you can see the emptiness of life or the shallowness of it. We are
all consumed by the technologies of this world and the societal norm and I do
agree with you that Thoreau wants us to live outside the societal norm, but
like you said, that just isn’t possible because the world is changing everyday
and we must learn to adapt if we want to survive and make a name for ourselves
in this world.
I also
agree with you on how you said that Thoreau’s argument is that we need to step
out of time and not let it define us. In part, I believe this is true. We
shouldn’t let time consume us. However, I do agree with you that this
philosophy is not realistic in today’s world because of the hectic life style
we all have.
I think
Thoreau is kind of living in his own fantasyland. Part of me thinks that he is
writing this text as his “perfect world” scenario, but sooner or later you have
to come back to reality and see and take the world for what it is.
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