The influential narratives of Henry David Thoreau, along with Ralph Waldo Emerson, are essentially responsible for the successive institution of the American transcendental movement of the 19th century, effectually leading to an immense resurrection of American literary interest and reliance, which had greatly diminished prior to the birth of the 19th century. Henry David Thoreau, having been the mentoring product of Emerson's literary experience and education, acted as a visionary for encouragement of expressive rebellion in America, creating a worn path for volumes of brilliant expressionism produced by the transcendental movement, all of which made possible by the unprecedented magnitude of Thoreau's romantically seductive narratives. The reasoning behind this author's regard of higher accreditation for Thoreau, as opposed to praising the genius of Emerson, is solely based on the original intermixing of existentialism and transcendentalism in Thoreau's works. Emerson was a brilliant influence on the transcendental movement, expressing the negative manner of which society has evolved, along with original philosophies to break the chains of negative conformity, both of which supporting a rebellious movement to reinstate the basic appreciations of life and nature. The ideologies shared by Emerson and Thoreau were unprecedented at the time for their anti-conformist, anti-technology narratives; however, the distinction that set Thoreau apart from Emerson was existentialism, meaning that Thoreau lived what his writings promoted, while Emerson merely advocated the philosophy, rather than engaging its truths. The ideology of existentialism is primarily associated with the literary philosophies of the 20th century; however, Thoreau's works clearly support the presence of existential influence in the 19th century.
             Thoreau's most notable association with the existential philosophy can be best understood in...