The correct answer to this open question is the following.
The three central ideas expressed by Thoreau in this essay, "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For," are the following.
The idea of having an ideal life. The idea of self-reliance. The idea of having your bare necessities covered such as food, housing, and clothing.
Henry David Thoreau is the author of "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For,"
Thoreau (1817-1862) was an author and a naturalist that had different ideas compared to the ones expressed in his time by other authors, In his book "Walden" he refers to the importance of having a simple life with the basic necessities covered, living in a nice place, surrounded by nature and family members.
He also had a rebellious side that is portrayed in the essay "Civil Disobedience," written in 1849.
The purpose of personification in the above excerpt is to give human characteristic to death which is considered to be a non human. Writers usually use personification in their write ups in order to bring an inanimate objects to life so that their actions and natures will be better understood.
