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“Heaven is beneath our feet”: Thoreau’s Views of the Natural World
When reading Thoreau’s Walden the reader opens a door into ideas and a way of thinking that is never erased from his mind. ... Thoreau believes in the views of Emerson. He wanted to try out Emerson’s views, so he built himself a cottage on a plot of Emerson’s land, bordering Walden Pond, and sat down to contemplate how he was living his life and how others were living theirs. ... The answer Thoreau would give, would be, “Heaven is beneath our feet as well as over our heads”; look at what surrounds us, it is beautiful and perfect (188). ... They only see the glitter and glitz
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of the material consumer goods they own, not the pointlessness beneath it all and the principle points that Thoreau is trying to teach. ... It is their center as well as Thoreaus. ... His views on appreciating and believing in the power of Nature shown through in his writing of Walden.
Approximate Word count = 1631
Approximate Pages = 6.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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