Last Child In The Woods Essay

Every millennial and generation Z member has heard an older person criticize our generation about being too absorbed in technology, but how much of that is actually true? As our world is progressing with new technology, we must reflect on how our surroundings are impacted, whether it be upon us or nature. In Richard Louv’s book, “Last Child in the Woods”, he critically addresses just that; people and nature are separating. To support his argument, Louv begins with how we are changing nature’s purpose, then proposes that we are rejecting nature, and ends with the future consequences of our actions. Within Louv’s book, he brings up the fact that technology is innovating and how it is changing nature, for worse. Louv remonstrates how we are changing nature’s purpose through the use of research, …show more content…
Firstly, the use of conclusive experimentation is presented through “the State University of New York” in order to establish that we can “change [the]...colors... on butterfly wings” easily. The overall purpose of using this is to demonstrate the change of nature’s purpose by the hands of humans and to explain that what we do has consequences. The beneficial side that the greed of humans sought was to use butterfly wings as a way to advertise, which seems so convoluted from a purpose of nature, our only way to disconnect from the overbearing technology. But now that we have implemented technology with nature, Louv is making his audience critically think: what is there to enjoy and interact with if it is no longer serving its intended purpose? Furthermore, his argument is corroborated by Matt Richel, a man that wants “nature to carry its weight”. By using a credible person and a primary source, it allows the reader an insight on how determined people like Matt Richel are and how much they have altered the purpose of nature to that of advertisements. Lastly, the