Henry David Thoreau

In Thoreau's writing, I found it interesting how he talked about the necessities of life. He wrote that food is somewhat easy to come by and very much needed and then how clothing and shelter are two of the more unimportant things. It is definitely thought provoking in how food is only the really important thing that we really need and that everything else are just things that we have gotten used to. People just tend to follow everyone else and if they have something they want then they are going to get it. The material possessions become more important than anything and people tend to lose themselves in obtaining those kinds of things and allow themselves to be owned by their possessions or the new possessions they could end up buying. It is crazy how people think they need to one-up each other in material items or buy things they think might make them more likable.