Similarities

-Both separate long sentences with short sentences.
-Both find a spiritual aspect in experiencing nature
-Both transcendentalist in nature

Ex. Both aim to escape industrial society and promotes finding themselves in nature.

Differences

-Krakauer is more informal compared to Thoreau
-Krakauer is more journalistic, modern, and consequently uses contemporary diction.
-Krakauer's style is more straightforward while Thoreau added imagery and used "flowery", loose sentences.

Ex. In sentence 3 of Walden, Thoreau uses 100 words. But a couple sentences later, he has a sentence that is only 3 words long.

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