A realist would say that if a tree fell in the forest, even if no one heard it or ever knew that the tree fell, it still made a sound. When a tree falls there is going to be sound regardless of whether someone hears it or not. ... Touch, taste and smell will give them a better understanding of what the world is about. ... Their role is to give the students the correct information in the most efficient manner possible. ...
The older trees die, falling to the forest floor and begin to decay. ... These trees, in turn, grow up to be strong, tall, and healthy trees who grow old, die and fall to the forest floor. ... Since I grew up in town, my secret place was my tree house in the backyard. ... We must write our congressman, stand in front of railroad tracks and chain ourselves to trees. ... Here is the value of a place in his words: "I believe firmly in the sanctity of the seasons; in the regularity of cycles; in the bedrock foundations of loving ritual, celebrating feasts, and thanks-giving. ...
Roderick Nash Wilderness has been companion to Americans since we landed on this continent and cleared the first trees to make a civilization. ... Wilderness might as well be the park down the street with a few hundred trees. ... Mother Nature doesn't give outs. ... There is another percentage of Americans that will think you were foolhardy for doing it alone but still might grudgingly give some respect. ... It also serves to help the person get in tune with themselves by relying on themselves only and in the end this gives them a sense of pride. ...
My dream home would be a small log cabin in a luscious valley surrounded by white, snow-capped mountains and hundreds of acres of trees, mountains, lakes, and wildlife. ... Just living in a place like this would also give me the opportunity that I need to be with my family and just observe and take in the exquisite beauty of the mountains and land around me. ...
If you find problems in the surrounding environment such as malevolent landforms like jagged rocks and steep cliffs, grotesque-looking trees, threatening structures such as large power transformers, or a road running straight at the house, don"t give up. ... Animal bones, dead trees, and sharp protruding rocks may be considered bad omens, while vibrant foliage, meandering streams, and living game animals may symbolize good fortune, health, and happiness. ...
Give specific ezamples that show the novel as a realistic novel. ... We see this time and time again for example, " The little flames of rifles leaped from [the clump of trees]. The song of the bullets was in the air and shells snarled among the tree-tops. ... Give examples from the novel that make it naturalistic. ... What hints does Crane give where the reader knows which battle the novel is about? ...
It is important to give recognition of the origins of the Dreaming Story, because of their importance to their community, responsibility to keep the story line true is important as mentioned previously. ... Any tree, rock, sandhill or gully may be part of a sacred story about the Ancestral Beings. ...
These quotes give direct proof that the environment is key and by emphasizing the surroundings the landscape and climate giving an idea of where the story takes place. ... This is a perfect example; this fate was not the choosing of the man he had no understanding or intuition that the snow in the tree would capsize and put out the fire. ...
This almost gives the feel of a psychopath, yet he is only fulfilling his natural function. ... The hawk lists natural features: 'sun', 'air' and the 'tree', which he thinks exist only in as much as they are of 'advantage to me'. ... In the second verse the hawk says: `Nothing has changed since I began`, which gives the impression of time. ... The setting of the poem is literally in nature, as evident in the imagery of the sun, the `top of the wood`, `high trees` and `rough bark`. ... They both give the idea of humans being the most powerful beings t...
The poem shows the uniqueness of life and the power that is possess, "The force that through the green fuse drives the flower Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees". ... Personally I think this is an entirely unfair statement, that doesn't give Thomas's work any justice at all. ...
Naturalism gives a real worldview of "ordinary characters" that experience "raw and unpleasant" situations. ... I believe that if there was some respect and companionship for the dog, then the dog would try to give the man signs that the weather is dangerous, but "the dog ma[kes] no effort to communicate its apprehension to the man" because "there [is] no keen intimacy between the dog and the man." (981) The motivation to live is great for the men in both stories. ... When he steps into the ominous "trap" he does almost everything right in order to save his feet. (980) "He should not have ...
He is saying that cutting down all the trees in the forests is not worth all the money because those trees provide so much pleasure and spirituality for so many people. ... In Hawaii, he learns some valuable lessons from the natives that make him stronger and give him more motivation to succeed. ...
However, once we settled under colossal pine trees and built a toasty fire, I really began to notice the terrifying beauty behind the storm. I remember the beautiful noise the rain made against the dense leaves of the trees, the brilliant flashes of light with every lightning strike, and comforting crackle of the fire. ... Through his optimistic persistence, Abbey also indirectly teaches us the lesson that giving up is never the answer. ...
He hides behind his father's conservative saying because he can't give any real answer as to why he wants to keep the wall. ... He also says his neighbor is "all pine," insinuating that his personality is hard like the pine trees he grows. ... He knows that it's this very wall and its damages that give them an opportunity to come together. ...
Humankind, the planets, animals, trees or even existance itself came about naturally. ... In Brave New World the tone of the story gives a glimpse of the way humanity is help in that social context/atmosphere. The description of how the embryos are scientifically manipulated to give out a certain number of babies or a certain breed or type of human gives a sense of how grotesque genetic manipulation can become. ...
Just our actions in the present could make possible to give this legacy to the future generations. ... The fact is that when many people think about living in a sustainable way a question comes out: if our pass thought the earth is so transitory, why to restrict ourselves from abundance instead of enjoying amply from the resources it gives us? ... Renewable are those such as water and trees that are replaced overtime by natural processes. ...
Cook claims the Australian land for England's own, by causing "the English colours to be displayed ashore every day, and an inscription to be cut in one of the trees near the watering place". ... This view is also seen in The Tempest, through Trincolo and Stephano, who wish to exhibit Caliban in order to make a profit "Were I in England now - as I once was - and had but this fish painted, not a holiday-fool there but would give a piece of silver". ... This relationship with nature instils in Caliban a great respect for nature and its beauty "the isle is full of noises sounds and sweet a...
Consider the way Worster's version of Thoreau's empirically rooted difference from Emerson's figuratively deracinated use of nature has extended into recent criticism that gives greater attention to Thoreau's unpublished work after Walden (1854). ... On my reading, Emerson has his own more empirical, late natural history projects, work also left largely unfinished and generally neglected by critics because it, too, was found wanting, as Robinson suggests of Thoreau's post-Walden work, by a "New Critical celebration" of "formal and symbolic achievement." (9) I give part...
Craven, Margaret. I Heard the Owl Call My Name. New York: Dell Publishing, 1980. 159 pp. $6.99. I Heard the Owl Call My Name, a novel by Margaret Craven is a very interesting look into the lives of the Native Americans who live in the Canadian wilderness. Their village, Kingcome, is basic...
Let us become like stones, plants, and trees. ... "You have raped and violated these lands, always saying, "Gimme, gimme, gimme," and never giving anything back." ... Lame Deer has been brought up as a spiritual and giving person and the environment that he once lived with was everything to him. ...
Take a moment to look around you and see the many cycles that exist for the sole purpose of keeping our wheel in motion, and then recognize how little these great givers of life are celebrated, or even noticed. ... Interestingly enough, if they would only give her more to work with, (i.e., more money, more hens, more love, more respect), she would undoubtedly be able to provide much more for them in turn. ... Even though we repeatedly abuse the source of our nourishment, she continues to provide for those that give so little back. ... She worries about the cows that don't give milk any...
First, as the source of rivers, it gives rain to the streams. ... Thoreau does not employ the same translucent imagery featured in "Mist- and "Fog,"" rather he incorporates rhetoric of exploration and spatial contrasts to show the division between the spiritual and natural worlds: First in the dusky dawn he sends abroad His early scout, his emissary, smoke, The earliest, latest pilgrim from the roof, To feel the frosty air, inform the day; And while he crouches still beside the hearth, Nor musters courage to unbar the door, It has gone down the glen with the light wind, And o'...
This relates to the importance of why we need to preserve nature, as stated by John Muir (1890) "Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. " For some people a day out in the wild is something they pleasure. ... For example, controlling floods by creating areas for floodwater, conserving water in lakes and reservoirs, and preserving trees to soak up carbon dioxide. ...
