Analysis Of A Fierce Green Fire By Aldo Leopold

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A fierce green fire coming from a wolf’s eyes. When I first read this piece by Aldo Leopold, I interpreted the “fierce green fire” as something that the wolf felt. I saw this fire as pain and anger. To me, the pain and anger was so strong, that it was felt and seen as a “fierce green fire.” However, when analyzing further into the reading, I understood the “fierce green fire” as a will to live. The situation that the wolf was in was one of stress, danger, anger and probably confusion. I think that the wolf was confused at what was happening and when it realized what was happening, it was angry that it let this happen. I think the wolf was probably confused as to why the man even wanted to kill him. As mentioned before, I saw the “fierce green

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