Essay One

He uses Native American symbols such as the tote in his poem to convey the message of how humanity fears nature and does not care some nature, which leads to various destructions upon it. The common ground between both is that they share the transcendentalist theme for tick offking not to conquer, scarcely rather to live in harmony with it. Thoreau and Snyder both think highly nature and admire its straight-out bounds and have very strong opinions on how humanity is loosing a sense of self by ignoring the beauty of nature. Thoreau states, When the whole body is one sense, and imbibes delight through every pore.I go and come with a strange liberty, n Nature, a part of herself (Thoreau 379). He describes a deep connect as he inspects all of the elements around him, L see nothing excess to attract me, all the elements are outstandingly congenial to me (Thoreau 379). Nature is pleasant therefore he is attracted to everything nature has to offer. Senders approach to his connection setting a theme that is centered on the premise that the American government is destroying the environment of their land by disforestation and control of the environment.He stresses how nature is not being protected and ultimately leading to destruction, Who use iron leg-traps n brush wolfs (Snyder 1 1). He stresses iron leg traps that kill coyotes the coyotes represent the destruction of nature and its inhabitants. That animals such as the coyote have no where to go once their home is destroyed, while the supporters of the deforestation continue progressing from theatre to area in North America. Snyder wants the audience to feel empathy for the environment and the animals living in it through this theme.Thoreau betokens how world are sometimes afraid of nature I believe that men are generally compose afraid of the dark (Thoreau 380). He reminds the reader that nature is The most sweet and tender, the most innocent and that, on that point can be no black melancholy to him who lives in the midst of nature (Thoreau 380). While Thoreau has a more philosophical approach to his interpretation of nature while Snyder adds a sense of urgency And the Coyote singing / is shut a way of life / for they fear / the call / of the wild (Snyder 28-30).Snyder says they fear and pay little prudence to the calling and consider its worth less than it is. And they sold their virgin cedar trees / the tallest in miles / TO a lumberman / Who old them / Trees full of bugs (Snyder 33-37). The lumberman is trying to make a bargain for a much land price on the cedar trees and adds how the Trees are full of bugs (Snyder 37). Senders emphasis on the ironic statement of the logger represents the ignorance of the individuals that do not appreciate the wild.Both writers help the reader understand how the wilderness is meant to be changing the way people think about the natural world, one can too change the way they act. valet de chambre can discover a new way of interacting wit h the environment through the con mention and good-will towards Mother Nature. Thoreau like Snyder also had strong arguments on how fiat is distracted and is in need for a spiritual awakening which nature can offer. For the most part we allow only outlying and flying circumstances to make our occasions. They are, in fact, the cause of our distraction When I compare mystified other men, it seems as If were more favored by the gods than they, beyond any deserts that I am conscious of (Thoreau 380). He measures his spiritual level on a superior level and considers it a rewarding and a cure experience. l was suddenly sensible of such wet and beneficent society in Nature (Thoreau 380).He reminds society that they can form a bond with nature the way he has and how they will benefit greatly from it. Snyder is more direct with society and targets individuals who reside in the city All these Americans up in special cities in the sky / Dumping poisons and explosives / Across Asia first / and next North America (Snyder 57-61 The urban individuals also kill nature and pay no attention to nature and then states, A war against priming (Snyder 62). Snyder implies that human kind is at war with earth.In Solitude by Thoreau and Call of the Wild by Snyder the writers argue similar topics, but the way they each present the topics varies and when analyzing both one can truly see the essence of nature from a philosophical and an activist as well an ecological view.