Thoreau relates these topics to his own life experiences, often in the context of the rapid changes taking place in his native New England during the Industrial Revolution, changes that Thoreau often laments.
梭罗将这些主题与自身的生活经验联系在一起，那些经常被工业革命时期他的家乡新英格兰发生的快速变化所框定的，并经常为此叹息。