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. ...

• Word Count: 1835
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

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? ...

• Word Count: 2113
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 1635
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1281
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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...

• Word Count: 1413
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ...

• Word Count: 1395
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 1944
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

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'...

• Word Count: 1654
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The depth in his poems appears to be most often portrayed through his use of symbolism, as this is one veritable way to give the reader something to dwell upon and examine. ... An appropriate example of Frosts's use of imagery and symbolism would be as seen in his poem, "Dust of Snow:- The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued. 6 Here Frost's strength is apparent. ...

• Word Count: 1415
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Mower compares mankind to a brothel owner (a harem) by his description of, "green seraglio," as he believes that plants and trees are stolen of their natural beauty by man's grafting of nature. ... The poems are written from the point of view of the shepherds even though they are thought of as written by rich nobles and aristocrats who nearly always give an idealized view of the pastoral world rather than a realistic one. ...

• Word Count: 1808
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ...

• Word Count: 1959
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate