Blog #10 Thoreau

In this passage Thoreau is talking about building a house, among other things. I found a few parts particularly interesting. I thought that when he was talking about how it would make sense for students to build their own houses that that would indeed make a lot of sense. It was interesting that he mentioned wanting to paint your house the color of dirt and then related your home to you final home, a coffin. I also thought it was interesting how he brought up how he has a bit of a beef with the mail and the media. I think I would agree that many times all that is in the media is death, destruction, and despair. I feel like I don’t really learn anything useful that I would want to know about another country. The story about the messenger being sent out to receive information for his master was a good one. I think you have to go for yourself though. You can’t rely on someone else’s second hand opinions to give you a clear understanding of things. Overall, it is quite easy to see how this relates to Christopher McCandless from Into the Wild. They both were ready to denounce society and try to find some higher understanding by being closer to nature.