Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau's mother calls him by his real name, David Henry, but he has yet to respond to that. Why? Because he wants to do things as uniquely and as differently as possible. He wants to see how life can be lived being called a name that he hasn't been christened with. He embraces every new challenge with a distinctive attitude hoping to realize something unusual .He marched to a different drummer.
One of the best examples of Henry's individuality is his experience of life independent from society in Walden. During this time he proves that one can survive without associating with others , no trading , no small talk , nothing . Henry lived with only the bare essentials grew what he needed and when the occasion aroused he would go to the city and pick up the necessary. Simplify is his ideal and he plays it is played out perfectly in Walden.
In the movie Dead Poet's Society, Mr. Keating plays the Henry type character that changes the entire atmosphere of an all boy's......
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