Part one of term paper
Jerry Petercuskie Thoreau was a simple man that believed in having only the basic necessities in life. Thoreau lived a life of simplicity at Walden Pond. In Walden, Thoreau gives a background of his life and some life experiences that he has encountered. Thoreau also explains that the four necessities in life are food, shelter, clothing, an ...

Part two of term paper
... as men do today. “When a man is warmed by the several modes which I have described, what does he want next?” (Thoreau 1496). In today's society, most everyone has the necessities of life, but chooses to indulge in the luxuries of life. In America today, most all families have more than one car, own multiple numbers of televisions, and have far more clothing than necessary. We have become a society whose focus points to materialism. According to Thoreau, the necessities of life are food ...