ed without damaging the entire work. Thoreau alsouses incredible and complex vocabulary with words such as; "...integument, umbrageous,deliquium, aliment, fluviatile, and periplus." (Hicks 54). A dictionary is required just toread the book. Thoreau also alludes to Greek gods, Biblical phrases, he quotes otherpoets, and alludes or refers to earlier authority figures in history or ancient classics(51-54).Yet another way to look at Walden is on a spiritual level. A major thesis of Thoreau is aspiritual rebirth and this is more evident in, "Economy," "Where I Lived...," "HigherLaws," and "Conclusion." This is why Walden has become a spiritual guidebook to many(Hicks 55). Thoreau shows us that we need to spend more time bettering ourselves thandevising means of destroying the rest of the world. We not only see the renewal soul, butthe earth as well (55). All these contributions, ideas and concepts conceive our own beliefs about the materialwhich we read and the author who writes it. Thoreau was a complex man in search ofspiritual peace and happiness while battling his own personal struggle. It was his disgust ofsociety and the world around him which led to his own negative self-opinion. While thiswas an unhealthy attitude it contributed to some of Thoreau's best pieces of literature....
