Was Thoreau dependent on the division of labor while he was living on Walden Pond?
After thoroughly examining Mr. Thoreau’s book thus far, I have many conclusions about him and what he stood for. One of these being that he was a strange man. He lived by himself for 26 months only to write a book. He then returned to live with his mother. He was a classic “mother’s boy”. Another conclusion I have made is that he was not appreciated in his time. He did sell over 2,000 copies in the 1800’s. One of the biggest things Thoreau stood against was the division of labor. He claimed to be completely independent of it.
As stated previously, David Thoreau lived by himself in a cabin for 26 months. While in medium isolation, he wrote the book Walden . The book did terrible when it was released and he was truly underappreciated by his few readers. In the novel, he writes about his hatred of the division of labor. He may have tried to convince his scholars that he did hate the separation, but the opposing was true. He was almost completely dependent on the partition of work. Everything he did was some way reliant on it. From the house he inhabited, to the town he went into, he was hinging on the partition of employment. He tried to Ruse his bibliophile, but it does not work.
Henry David wrote about his disgust and displeasure of the division of labor. He claimed to be completely separated from it. These claims were the exact converse of real veracity. He was entirely conditional. The house he built, he built with tools he bought. He also built it on another person’s land. This is being dependent. He would be independent if he built the house on his own land without purchasing anything. He did not do this. The commodities he bought in town he was dependent on. He did not created the commodities by hand. This makes him dependent. The money he used made him dependent. . He was very reliant on the and was helping contribute to it with every purchase.
David did believe he was living independently by himself. However, this was not reality. In addition to purchasing goods, and relying on other people’s land, he hired men to work for him. He bought crop seed and hired men to work a farm for him. This is the least independent thing he could have done. Hiring these men completely contrasts his theme of independence. His hypocrisy is greater than his truth, and from reading the book, it shows. When he did return home, he took over his family pencil business and became even more reliant on the allocation of tasks.
Walden, is a book written by a strange man, Henry David Thoreau. He wrote a multitude of narratives about themes and ideas. One of these themes he wrote about was his aversion and hostility towards the division of labor. He describes his “complete” separation from it. However this was not the case. He was leaning on the disconnection of industry. For example his house was built on someone else land. The tools he used were made by somebody else. The money he used was made by somebody else and benefited the division of labor. He was hypocrite.
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