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This is J from the Book Reading Attic. Do you remember the movie [Dead Poets Society]? It is one of the movies that many people consider to be the best movies of their lives. Keating, a Korean language teacher from the school, is assigned to Welton Academy, a private school where the sole purpose is to enter a prestigious university and where the students are strictly controlled. Keating, who appears in front of the rigid students, shouts carpe diem and delivers a unique teaching method and life message to the students. The students gradually become absorbed in his teachings and in the process, he revives the secret meeting of the seniors, the 'Dead Poets Society'. They start the meeting by secretly gathering in the mountain behind the school and reading poetry. That passage is from the book [Walden] that I will introduce to you today. 'The reason I went into the woods is because I wanted to live a thoughtful life, face only the essential facts of life, and see if I could learn what life teaches me. I didn't want to be the one who realized when I was dying that I hadn't lived a true life and cried, and I didn't want to live a life that couldn't be called a life. Walden is a book written by Henry David Thoreau, an American poet and thinker, about what he saw, heard, felt, and experienced while living self-sufficiently in nature for two years and two months from July 4, 1845. It is a unique book in many ways that it is said to have no precedent in the history of world literature. It contains content that is too poetic to be called an essay and too philosophical to be called a poem, but its form is so free that it is difficult to categorize it into any genre. When you read the book, you don't just think of the scenery, but you feel like you're standing there, as the language is realistic, specific, and beautiful. And although not many people have read it, there is no one who doesn't like it after reading it. It is said that the monk Beopjeong and Mahatma Gandhi were influenced by this book. Author-Henry David Thoreau / Translator-Kim Seong / Publisher-BookmakingHouse #TheManWhoReadsBooks #TheRadioWhoReadsBooks #Audiobook #Walden #HenryDavidThoreau *All videos on this channel were produced with permission from the copyright holder. *This content was produced with the creator's commentary and review of the book. All videos on this channel were produced with permission from the copyright holder. E: [email protected] *Music Composition/Performance: J Teacher Music / @jmusic1862