Thoreau lived in the middle of the nineteenth century, the process of industrialization of western society accelerated, human beings continue to carry out to the natural world, conquer nature, the concept of natural transformation is quite popular. As the settlers developed the west, they plundered natural resources, destroyed large tracts of forest and killed a large number of wild animals. But driven by economic interests, this predatory progress has gone unnoticed. But Thoreau was acutely aware of this, believing that such "progress" would destroy the harmony between man and nature. In Walden Lake, he questioned the human center's attention against the pursuit of economic interests in spite of all-out war against nature, he for the dignity and rights of nature, he believes that human beings can not be above nature, should be kind to nature, and live with nature on an equal footing. Thoreau did not believe that industrialization brought convenience to people, and in his book he denounced the destruction of nature by industrial civilization. Meanwhile in Walden Lake, Thoreau describes a vibrant Walden Lake, which he likens to the eyes of the earth, the trees by the lake are eyelashes, and the mountains are prominent eyebrows, and he sees nature as human-like. Through this description, Thoreau expresses the equal relationship between man and nature, emphasizing the equal view of all things in nature.
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