Walden

The quote “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer”  means that they live in such a way that is thought of to be unnormal by most people. I was on e watching this tv show where 2 of the people on the show lived in a tent in the middle of the woods. They were very odd people.  My first reaction was why would anyone want to live thier life in a tent in the woods. I like going camping, but  I would never survive living in a tent year around and not having an actual house. Their lifestyle was a very strange. The quote "I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live sturdily and Spartanlike..." show that he wants to live simply without materialistic items. I think that since you only have one life you should live it to the fullest and make the best of it.