The Importance Of Nature In American Literature

Nature is a basis of our lives. Most people live according to common social standards. They usually do not wonder how their life would look from a perspective of experiencing life in a different way. Finding a stable job, getting married, having children are the most fundamental activities that are a part of their lives. People are not willing to get to know some other surroundings or unkown habits. Nevertheless, discovering a life closer to nature may create something succesul. American Literature proves that nature is able to change one 's point of view on life, and it is the most significant part of our lives. Henry David Thoreau once decided to abandon his everyday life. He wanted to get closer to the nature. In a book titled Walden Henry David Thoreau describes his experience of living for over two years in a natural surroundings. The author shares his reflecions upon many aspects of life. He criticises common traditions and ordinary way of living. Moreover, he describes what really matters from his point of view, and how much other people are involved in materialistic values. Thoreau says “Most man, even in this comparatively free country, through mere ignorance and mistake, are so occupied with the factitious cares and superfluously coarse labors of life that its finer fruits cannot be plucked by them.” He notices that people spend most of their time hard working, but all they do with money is merley surviving. Some people are killing themselves in pursuit of