In "Conclusions," in Walden, explain the message of the story about the traveler and the boy in the swamp.

In the final section
of this impressive philosophical tome, Thoreau points out the superfluous nature of so much of
society. He argues that wealth we have that is extra will only ever buy us things we don't
really need. Again and again he returns to his central argument that is that money is not
essential or necessary to provide for the needs of the soul. He talks about the various dinner
parties that occur in the city and the...