ZM1041003 吕君怡 Una Lyu. Recommend book: Walden Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), the author of Walden, was a famous philosopher, writer, naturalist and one of the representative figure of transcendentalism. In 1845, Thoreau built a cabin on the shore of Walden Pond, lived there alone to get closed to the nature for more than two year and finished a famous book called Walden later. Walden mainly talks about his life and thoughts during those days living in the woods. As far as I am concerned, what Thoreau really wanted to achieve on this book is to instill his ideas of minimalism, individualism and libertarianism to the society. Minimalism can be explained by that Thoreau emphasized more on the spiritual aspect instead of the satisfaction of material. As we can see that the age he lived had witnessed the flourish of capitalism as well as the prosperity of industrialization and urbanization and most people were just bond up in pursuing luxury. However, Thoreau’s idea was quite different from others. A good case in point is that he once said: if a man simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex. He used himself as an example to prove that without the modern instruments, people can also live a happy life. The second thing I would like to mention is individualism. One of Thoreau's thoughts about solitude attracts me deeply because in the past I was not the person who likes to be alone. But I found that he really enjoyed his lonely experience and that did teach people how to live a simple life, achieve enjoyment from the nature, free oneself from the strained daily life and what is more important is to achieve the self-reliance. Loneliness brought him unique peace, which helped him become smarter, and endowed him an ability to watch the society and the world from a distinctive view. After reading this book my idea changed a lot and I thought it is reasonable for us to live by ourselves for a while. Last but not least, Walden also shows a sense of libertarianism. On the one hand, Thoreau realized the problem that “Men have become the tools of their tools”. For nature is the eternal theme of transcendentalism, he encouraged people to get close to nature. On the other hand, he supported anti-slavery movement as an abolitionist and insist passive resistance in his essay Civil Disobedience. As I remembered, Thoreau once chose to go to jail rather than to support the Mexican War by paying his poll tax. All in all, Walden teaches us how to keep our spirit in the complex society, set proper goals for my life as well as enjoy the freedom from nature. Although 200 years have past, Thoreau's thoughts seem to have a more realistic significance and became a valuable spiritual wealth in our modern society. Even I might not completely understand Thoreau's thoughts, I benefited a lot from reading it. Go to the library. Check out Henry David Thoreau's Walden. Read it until you are done. Take away some important lessons. 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/ce43598c2b160b4e767fcfdb.html