Thoreau

Thoreau was one of Emerson's students when it came to transcendentalism. Thoreau followed Emerson's footprints in spreading and acknowledging transcendentalism in America by writing about it in two of his most famous passages, "Civil Disobedience" and "Walden". One thing that Thoreau practiced was connecting man with nature. Thoreau himself lived an extremely simple life in the woods. He lived away from civilization to enhance the idea of being connected with nature. Thoreau  practiced the main ideas of transcendentalism through his writing. Thoreau connected his writing to Emerson's writing while staying in his cabin in the woods. Thorpe wrote similar to Emerson by explaining and preaching the main elements of transcendentalism and because of that he is also known as a main figure during this movement. Thoreau lived a simple life because he realized how important things were to him. Thoreau showed the elements of transcendentalism while at the same time writing about them.