A couple big themes in this story include isolation and happiness. There is a big difference between being lonely and being alone. We are most alone in a crowd because we lose the company of ourselves without a sense of ourselves, we can't form attachment without others.
Thoreau talks about how when you are alone you can understand who you really are. Thoreau doesn't prefer solitude to company. Instead, what he prefers most in the company of true friends that share his interests and values.
Walden is a joyful book. Thoreau preaches the joy of life. Happiness cannot be found in luxury or power. These things can only distract from the true source of happiness.
Thoreau discovers true happiness in the simple life he leads at Walden Pond.
His sole purpose is to relate the discoveries and success of his personal experiment living for two years alone by Walden Pond.
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