What book are you reading?

[Watson]

Walden by H.D. Thoreau...I'm not finding very much interest in it. Maybe it's just the way he writers but I don't like it very much.

He whines. I had to put it down.

It's true, he whines a lot. Which is ironic considering the concept he's trying to get across. What bugs me most is that he gets on poor people's case about how they act and what they do, basically acting like they could live quite well if only they'd adopt his mindset...all the while conveniently leaving out the fact that he is, in fact, quite wealthy and at any point could walk into town and buy himself a leisurely house. He fails to recognize that poverty breeds both desperation and hopelessness all at once. Never a good thing.