Part 1 of Essay
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, s ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... 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, shelter, clothing, and fuel. (1495) “When he has obtained those things which are necessary to life, there is another alternative than to obtain the superfluities” (Thoreau 1496). Thoreau is saying that it is a choice to obtain more than the necessities of life. We choose to buy excess clothes and excess technology. What happened to bein ....