People at one time or another have most likely wondered how life would be if they had to live without such things as a computer or a cell phone. They probably would think that it would be impossible to continue living, which is absolutely correct. Although Henry David Thoreau would explain that life is better without such things, people have grown too close too them and rely on them for so many services, and that …
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…how and why nature acts the way it does, and that destroys the hope that they may get closer to it through their own intuition. All of these things combined destroy all of Thoreau's beliefs if he were to try and push them on the people of the twenty-first century. In conclusion, Thoreau's beliefs are unrealistic because, plainly, they will never fit into a twenty-first century lifestyle. Works Cited: American Literature, a highschool english textbook