THIS ONE'S ACTUALLY FROM ALI...

Out of the three great writers we have analyzed these past few weeks, I admired Thoreau in particular. After reading "Where I Lived, And What I Lived For", I got a better sense of his style. Although, he didn't personally experience most of the events he wrote about, I liked that he lived through vicariously through his writing. I enjoyed reading his writing, because his ideas were so sporadic and informal. I loathe reading articles that have format and such formality to them, like Emerson or Whitman. Thoreau, just let his ideas flow, but they were still intelligent. I admire that his life was so simple and basic. I feel that people spend way too much time worrying and stressing about the plethora of things they have to take care of all at once. I personally haven't quite learned how to manage my stress, and i feel that Thoreau has inspired me to try. Life should be simple and easy, but it never is. I want to try and simplify mine, like he had. He says "Let affairs be two or three, not a hundred or a thousand". He is right in every aspect, no one should be worried about thousands of things at once, or at all. He is all about finding ways to improve his life or simplify it. I admire him, because he seems like he lived a life of such pure happiness, just through simplicity and intelligence. Overall, i think Emerson and Whitman were complex and more arrogant, their stories frequently mentioned themselves, opposed to talking about how to improve everybody's life or society.