When I was at universty one of my friends who was interested in philosophy gave me one book called 'walden' as a present for my birthday. Not expecting it would be good I started to read this book because that book was very heavy and had small letters which is hard to read. However, once I started it, I couldn't put it down.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was born in Concord, Massachusetts and studied at Harvard University. After that, he moved to Wadon Pond to live simply. There he built his house by himself, raised crops and experienced self-sufficiency for about 2 years. Based on these lives Walden was written in 1854 and influenced many figures such as John F Kennedy, Leo Tolstoy.
While I was reading it I thought about lots of things such as life and nature. What's more, I really wanted to read the original work of the book written in English. That is one of reasons I hoped to study English. It is a pity that I can't tell you how amazing the book is in English. I'd like to say "Just read Waldon translated into your language and you wil know why I like it."
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