Chapter 5 is called Solitude in Walden. In this chapter, Thoreau discusses what solitude means to him. He describes his life alone and how he enjoys it a lot. He feels that living alone, there are no strings attached to other people. You are free, your life is not bound to people and you can do whatever you want without having to meet people’s expectations and instructions on life. Thoreau compares this free living to nature and says that this is the way nature is. Nature is his company and supports him from being alone. The company of the animals, plants, and other key elements help him improve and keep him fulfilled. In 100 Years of Solitude, Solitude is sort of destroying the characters. They are not using it as a positive thing and it is bringing them down. Maybe if they used it as a good thing and not a way to escape their problems, it would help