Aleph
Volume 9, Numéro 3, Pages 95-106
2022-06-25
Henry David Thoreau Voicing ‘the Barbaric Yawp’
Authors : Ghenim Neema .
Abstract
Thoreau was among the intellectuals of Concord who was fascinated by the man of letters, Emerson. He was a special case of non-conformity and lived a life of a hermit to assert his independence. His singular act of non-conformity lies in the decision to move a little far from Concord in 1845. This paper shows the importance of Thoreau’s experience in Walden. Moving out of his town, helps him to live his life as he wanted. The act itself is without harm or destruction however it remains symbolically very unconventional. The distance helps him to think and resist the dominant view, which deprived him his personal liberty. In Walden he describes the development of the necessary sweat and energy to practice creative idleness in the country where work is ethical and highly revered. This place allows him to enter into a life of movement, he continued by himself, alone. He was in search of new frontier, new routes. His new life is symbolically rejecting any given and established thought. His style of life and reasoning might seem very strange and peculiar for some readers, but for him it was a source of happiness to reduce life to the vital needs. Like some Hindu ascetics, he was contented with the least necessity to keep the body warm to remain close to God.
Keywords
Henry David Thoreau ; Transcendentalism ; Non Conformity ; Walden ; Asceticism
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