Thoreau, Henry David The battle was raging. The two races were pitted against each other in a fight to the death. The ground was already littered with the wounded and dying. One pair was locked together as they tumbled over and over. Both were relentlessly hanging on until one or the other would die. As Henry David Thoreau watched this battle between Red and Black Ants, he thought about life. Henry David Thoreau grew up …showed first 75 words of 570 total…

…showed last 75 words of 570 total…everyday life and explore a broad range of profound thoughts. He moved to Walden to concentrate on only the basics. People would criticize him for his "outrageous" ideas, but his ideas actually weren't that "outrageous". Thoreau's ideas won't fade away with time. They will get stronger with time as people yearn for a more simple life and some freedom from the stress and hassles of having to make too many choices and understand complicated technologies.