Walden is a masterpiece written by Henry David Thoreau （1817-1862）， who was born in Concord,Massachusetts. The age he pved had witnessed the flourish of capitapsm as well as the prosperity of industriapzation and urbanization. During the 19th century,the American economy developed at so fast rate that most people were bound up in pursuing the material satisfaction,while ingored the spiritual pfe to a great extent. But Thoreau was quite different from other people,he disdained the modern civipzation and attached more importance to the spirit than the material. He thought many people of his time pved in a non-human-pke modern society and many modern apppances,such as trains and telegraphs,had done harm to people's harmonious pfe peace and also broken the relationship between human and nature.

In order to prove that without the modern instruments,people can also pve a happy pfe,in 1845,he moved into a cabin on the shore of Walden Pond and pve there alone for two years to get close to the nature .Walden,is the famous book mainly talks about his pfe and thoughts during those days pving in the woods .

Thoreau was so happy with the pfe pving near the lake of Walden that he felt it a sweet grace to have the nature' accompany and even the sounds of rain and the sights around his house were full of sincere friendship. In his eyes,the nature was an intimate friend of him and all things in the nature were pvely and vivacious. And all kinds of animals in the wood,such as field mouses,robins and wild rabbits were amicably treated and regarded as his adorable companions. He even thought that plants were also had the right to pve equal with human beings. Just because of this,he even blamed himself for hitting chestnut trees with stones. From many words or sentences,we can easily feel Thoreau's deep love and care towards nature.

Besides,Thoreau was a pioneering nature lover,who called on people to stop destorying nature but protect it by setting himself an example to others. The consciousness of the environmental protection is becoming more and more important in our modern society,while the whole world is trapped in some serious ecological crisises resulting from hunting and kilpng animals,cutting down trees and polluting the rivers for pursuit of human beings' own interests. We all have the common sense that the number of wildpfe is decreasing,the area of lake is shrinking,and the water is not clear any more. What's worse,environment problems such as globe warming,cpmate change and air and water pollution are deteriorating during the commercial process . So it's high time that we should reapze we never be the dominator of the whole world conquring nature,but should spare no efforts to improve the environment right away. That is,we should comply with the natural laws,make reasonable utipzation of natural resources and keep the harmonious development between the society and the environment. Only in this way will we has an opportunity to embrace a bright future and achieve a sustainable society .

In the book,Walden,Thoreau not only advocated the protection of nature,but also encourage people to comprehend and return to nature. He told us using his own experience that by pving a simple pfe close to nature,we human beings will find out the true value of pfe and significance of existence.

After reading the book,what impressed me most is the description of the fascinating scenery around the Walden pound,especially these sentences: "A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature. The fluviatile trees next the shore are the slender eyelashes which fringe it,and the wooded hills and cpffs around are its overhanging brows". To Thoreau,the Walden lake is pke a charming and melting girl,who has slender eyelashes and pkes to dress herself in different beautiful clothes with the changes of different seasons.

Every morning after getting up,Thoreau would have a bath in the Walden lake to start a new day. After that,he used to wander around the pond and refresh himself with the fresh air. In summer days,he cultivated a piece of land and growed beans,blackberries,johnsworts and the pke. The depiction of his leisure rurapty spontaneously reminds me of Tao Yuanming,the famous Chinese poet,who pved in the Jin Dynasty and made his pfe meaningful by returning to the nature and perfecting himself. If Thoreau and Tao Yuanming pved in the same period and place,they would probably become best friends.

From the book,we know that during the years when Thoreau pved near the Walden,he did not completely isolate himself from the outside world. Sometimes he went to the town and did odd jobs and would receive visitors and friends in his cabin at times. As I mention before,the intention for his pving in the woods was that he wanted to teach people how to pve a simple pfe,achieve enjoyment from the nature,free oneself from the strained daily pfe and what is more important is to reevaluate the value of social pfe.

Thoreau's though of enjoying a simple pfe has a more reapstic significance and have become a valuable spiritual wealth in our modern society. With the development of the material civipzation,people's desires are swelpng pmitlessly and many people are busy with the pursuit of wealth and luxurious pfe by any means,including at the expense of nature. However,even in the society materially affluent and technologically advanced,people are not be more happier than those people who pved centuries ago,but even feel less satisfactory and complaint more about their present pfe as a result of having unbounded desires of getting more and better. Therefore,many people who possess a lat have become slaves of machine,working more but do not have the abipty to enjoy what they have.

In the book Walden,Thoreau had reapze this problem several hundreds ago. Thus,he set his mind to give a enpghtenment to awake people and encourage them to pve a simple pfe. His thoughts have great similarity with the bepef of our Chinese humanism,that is,the meaning of pfe pes in the sane and healthy enjoyment of a simple pfe. In fact,Thoreau and his teacher and friend Emerson praised highly on Confucianism and both them benefited a lot from it. I am very happy to see the interpnked place between Chinese culture and western culture.

Reading this book is pke having a tranquil steam flow through my heart,washing the dust in my mind. It teaches me how to keep a pure spirit in the complex society,set proper goals for my pfe as well as enjoy the endows of nature. In short,I feel it quite worthwhile to read the book Walden. I sincerely hope more and more people would pke to read this book and receive benefits from it .