Although the two works are often compared, Pilgrim does not comment upon the social world as Walden does; rather, it is completely rooted in observations of the natural world.
虽然这两部作品常被拿来对比，《朝圣者》却不像《瓦尔登湖》那样评论世俗世界；相反，它是完全根植于自然世界的。