Mark Friske
11/1/14
FYS
Professor Lauritzen “In wildness is the salvation of the world” – Aldo Leopold All three of the writers that we read pieces from would agree with Leopold in this quote. It is a common theme across the literature of Aldo Leopold, Wendell Berry, and William Faulkner that we are using the land selfishly and recklessly. Each believes that we should have upmost respect for the earth we have been blessed to live on. First off, in “The Land Ethic” by Leopold, it becomes evident that he believes community should encompass more than just people, that it should include things such as plants, water, animals, ect. Aldo Leopold believes that people should have a positive relationship with the land because after all we weren’t …show more content…
Aldo Leopold walks us through his encounter with witnessing a wolf die after shooting it with his friend. He explains that "that fierce green fire dying in her eyes.” He recognizes his mistake in killing the wolf. This occurrence opened his eyes to the bigger picture of the whole mountain, how the took system worked and who hunted who, and in the extinction of wolfs it has led to the population of deer growing …show more content…
The hunters all aiming for the one goal of killing Old Ben are symbolic of mankind working to control the land and claim it selfishly for themselves. The years of decay on nature is shown in the fact that it takes many years and attempts to being the bear down, but in the end they are finally able to “conquer” Old Ben. It also becomes evident that even after they seemingly conquer everything they could want by killing Old Ben, they keep going, because they just want more and more, this is shown when Boon is trying to fix his gun so he can kill the squirrels that are
11/1/14
FYS
Professor Lauritzen “In wildness is the salvation of the world” – Aldo Leopold All three of the writers that we read pieces from would agree with Leopold in this quote. It is a common theme across the literature of Aldo Leopold, Wendell Berry, and William Faulkner that we are using the land selfishly and recklessly. Each believes that we should have upmost respect for the earth we have been blessed to live on. First off, in “The Land Ethic” by Leopold, it becomes evident that he believes community should encompass more than just people, that it should include things such as plants, water, animals, ect. Aldo Leopold believes that people should have a positive relationship with the land because after all we weren’t …show more content…
Aldo Leopold walks us through his encounter with witnessing a wolf die after shooting it with his friend. He explains that "that fierce green fire dying in her eyes.” He recognizes his mistake in killing the wolf. This occurrence opened his eyes to the bigger picture of the whole mountain, how the took system worked and who hunted who, and in the extinction of wolfs it has led to the population of deer growing …show more content…
The hunters all aiming for the one goal of killing Old Ben are symbolic of mankind working to control the land and claim it selfishly for themselves. The years of decay on nature is shown in the fact that it takes many years and attempts to being the bear down, but in the end they are finally able to “conquer” Old Ben. It also becomes evident that even after they seemingly conquer everything they could want by killing Old Ben, they keep going, because they just want more and more, this is shown when Boon is trying to fix his gun so he can kill the squirrels that are