wn life and about the wonders of nature. Thoreau even stated himself, "I learned this, at least, from experience." Here, he was talking about how he got all the information for his book, Walden, totally from experiences. Although Walden was only moderately successful in Thoreau's lifetime, his experiment in the wilderness did spark interest in young people. The book inspired people to follow his example and go to a lonely spot and wonder the world and find their place in it. For many, Walden served as a touchstone. Thoreau also stated, "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” Thoreau’s idea’s about how to live life still is present today in other people’s writing, including Annie Dillard. Living Like Weasels echoes Thoreau’s ideals of living to the fullest. Although Henry David Thoreau physically died in 1862, his ideas and his words are immortal and will live on forever through other people mouths. He will continue to inspire people to write and also inspire people to live as they should. ...
