Nature is arguably one of the most powerful forces on earth. He can be serene and breathtaking in one moment, but become humanity's worst enemy the next. The excerpt from Walden Pond by Henry David Thoreau beautifully describes nature and how amazing it can be to simply live there. What Thoreau failed to take into account was America's dramatically growing population and wealth of resources. He was not able to look into the future and see how strong America would become. Humans need to interact with each other. This is the nature of almost all living things on earth. Wolves travel in packs, birds in groups, etc. It's as if this need is programmed into the mind of everything that breathes. If every person in America tried to live as Thoreau describes, the community would suffer from population growth, isolation from needed help, and mental restrictions. During Thoreau's time, there were a smaller number of people living in America. Free, untouched land was vast and easy to find. He says, “I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately, to face only the essential facts of life…” (Thoreau 1). He was able to enter his garden and build a cabin there. Today, the population has increased so much that many people are lucky enough to have a garden. By having smaller spaces, people learned to come together and be civil to each other. They learned to work with and around obstacles and each other. Friendly neighbors are made; the forgotten rivals. People have learned to make others smile and lift the spirits of the gloomy ones. If they had all built an isolated, self-contained cabin in the woods, this would not have been possible. They should rel...... middle of paper...... create life-changing inventions. This story, for Thoreau, would not have been known and the invention might have become useless if everyone lived in isolation. Additionally, everyone has different skills. Some know how to hunt while others know how to sew. If humanity tried to be self-sufficient, it wouldn't work. No one can do everything. It takes a community of different people combining their talents to create a better place. It is very important to have a community and not be isolated. Thoreau's ideas may be perfect for a utopian society, but the fact is that it simply cannot be achieved. Everyone is different with different skills. They have different ideas and have evolved to help and respect each other. It is dangerous for the community to live in isolation because people would not survive very long. It's better to have community than constant silence.