Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Understanding Thoreau

Like Shakespeare said, brief let me be. Ok, this book gives the reader an insight into how Thoreau thought and reacted to the many stimuli he encountered in his journey through life and how this influenced his writings. It gives you an understanding of why he wrote the way he did. This is, after all, essentially why we read Thoreau in the first place: to understand the man and see life through his eyes and mind.