Putting The Hip In Hypocrite: Thoureau and Impractical Ideas In Walden

Throughout John Albert Macy’s “Thoreau” there is much praise in adornment of Thoreau’s Walden. Thoreau was thought of a revolutionary of the Transendentalist way. The problem with this is that Thoreau was nothing more than an idealist taking advantage of people’s desire to lead a free life. Thoreau does nothing more than exaggerate and embellish the way he actually lives while degrading the rest of the country for not having the resources he had.