Henry David Thoreau has both abstract and concrete language. Thoreau's abstract language talks about living simply and meaningfully. He believes one should not just go through the motions of life and stand on the sidelines but honestly live it. An example of this language is when Thoreau talks about students. he says, “I mean that they should not play life, or study it merely, while the community supports them at this expensive game, but earnestly live it from beginning to end." Thoreau's concrete language discusses his surroundings and home at Walden Pond. Thoreau describes his house and the process of building it. He describes the nature around Walden Pond. An example of this is when he begins to build his house, Thoreau describes the surroundings. "It was a pleasant hillside where I worked, covered with pine woods, through which I looked out on the pond, and a small open field in the woods where pines and hickories were springing up." Thoreau mixes abstract and concrete language in order to paint a picture of a life lived to the fullest.
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