Solitude Rhetorical Analysis

In Thoreau’s “Solitude,” Thoreau continuously insists that human society should revert back to living a life of solitude in the unrefined depths of nature because we’ve become too materialistic. However, I would qualify this ideology due to the fact that individuals do tend to spend too much time with technology and have a materialistic mindset, but they do not have to live alone in the woods to change. Thoreau comments that “Society is too cheap,” and this statement can still be made today because often times people are too worried about popularity and intertwined in their technology ,i.e. phones and tablets, that they don’t pay attention to the little things that make up their life, such as the sunset or the birds singing their hymns in the morning. People become so obsessed over how to make themselves likable that they don’t appreciate what they have. They continuously try to possess all these expensive items to seem more popular, but they don’t realize that looks and riches are not what cause a person’s life to be whole. You don’t need the latest phone or shoes to make connections with people. Being in a variety of groups and living upon piles of riches
Not only is that dangerous to your physical health, but also your mental health as well. This adjustment can be mentally straining because today people are more interconnected with one another and the world. A mental breakdown could easily occur if one were to go from being around friends and a loving household everyday to living in a tiny house with a miniscule amount of resources. Seeing as you have a miniscule amount of resources, the need for supplies is necessary, but you can’t get all your supplies without going into the deep woods and getting food to eat and water to drink. This would mean hours of strenuous work day-to-day, which could lead to strokes, dehydration, fainting, or even worse,