An eccentric, Henry David Thoreau lived a dichotomous life of rebel and poet. The genius of Thoreau, overlooked during his lifetime, offers an anomalistic view of living. Harbinger of simplicity, he demonstrates the ideology of a minimalist life using pen, paper and an innate sense of self. Encapsulated by this keen personal insight, Thoreau's masterful rhetoric exemplifies the interrelatedness of thought, deed and unity of text. Nature, education, principle and social doctrine fostered Thoreau's interest …showed first 75 words of 3783 total…

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