a. for his son.
b. to honor his brother.
c. to make money.
2006-12-08 10:34:26 · 4 answers · asked by Melli 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
For us - to read and admire;)
2006-12-08 11:02:51 · answer #1 · answered by Lady G. 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Henry Thoreau was a part of this writer's community along with Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and a few others in New England. He and his writer pals had theories, and Thoreau wanted to delve into the theory of simplicity and back to nature.
2006-12-08 10:38:42 · answer #2 · answered by mac 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm not to sure but I think I recall from my Eng. Lit. that he wrote Walden Pond as an ojection to paying Income & Property taxes to support a government (U.S.)he prefered not to participate in. That his property should be considered his own private domain seperate from the govt's. juricediction.
2006-12-08 10:48:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
niethe he wrote it as a freedom of expression for the general public to be aware of nature and things that were going on at that time.
2006-12-08 11:12:55 · answer #4 · answered by Danielle 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋