In Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden” it is quite evident that Thoreau seeks to control the world in which he lives. The book is about Thoreau taking control of his life by moving away from society so that he can live by himself. Thoreau’s going back to the primitive if you will. Thoreau feels that society has strayed too far from the “pursuit of excellence and purity”. He states that man has become too …showed first 75 words of 818 total…

…showed last 75 words of 818 total…his experiences at Walden, Thoreau says “I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours...If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.” Thoreau was definitely successful.