Thoreau advocated a simple lifestyle. He believed that there were four necessaries of life for man. They were food, shelter, clothing, and fuel. The picture illustrates each of these these things and shows Thoreau's minimalistic beliefs. “ In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness (253)."
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