Preserving Nature through Desert Solitaire and Being Caribou
Both Edward Abbey’s memoir Desert Solitaire and Leanne Allison’s documentary Being Caribou were written for the purpose of preserving nature. In Desert Solitaire, Abbey is trying to preserve the deserts in the southwest region of the United States. Whereas, in Being Caribou, Allison wants to protect the caribous located in Alaska, where the government wants to drill for oil and destroy their sacred calving grounds. Even though they are both fighting to help the wildlife and nature, they use different techniques to achieve their common goal. Abbey used a memoir to criticize society and create a feeling of melancholy and remorse, while Allison made a documentary film to create consciousness …show more content…
To experience the natural world to a greater extent, you should get out of your car, disconnect from the technological world, and submerge yourself into the wilderness. Then you can develop a closer relationship with nature and the wildlife, appreciating more the essence of simplicity. He uses the example of the flashlight. If you go at night to explore the natural world using a flashlight to illuminate your way, you will be separating yourself from nature and notice less wildlife around you. But if instead you turn off your flashlight, your eyesight will adjust to the dark and experience the real beauty of …show more content…
Personally, I do not believe either one is better than the other. They both try to influence people by reaching to their feelings. For example, in Desert Solitaire, Abbey wants the readers to yearn about the beauty of nature that may no longer exist. This way he is influencing people to take action if they want their grandkids to experience what we have now. Meanwhile in Being Caribou, Allison shows the beauty of the caribous and their dependence to the to the calving grounds to influence the people to spread the word to help her protect the
Both Edward Abbey’s memoir Desert Solitaire and Leanne Allison’s documentary Being Caribou were written for the purpose of preserving nature. In Desert Solitaire, Abbey is trying to preserve the deserts in the southwest region of the United States. Whereas, in Being Caribou, Allison wants to protect the caribous located in Alaska, where the government wants to drill for oil and destroy their sacred calving grounds. Even though they are both fighting to help the wildlife and nature, they use different techniques to achieve their common goal. Abbey used a memoir to criticize society and create a feeling of melancholy and remorse, while Allison made a documentary film to create consciousness …show more content…
To experience the natural world to a greater extent, you should get out of your car, disconnect from the technological world, and submerge yourself into the wilderness. Then you can develop a closer relationship with nature and the wildlife, appreciating more the essence of simplicity. He uses the example of the flashlight. If you go at night to explore the natural world using a flashlight to illuminate your way, you will be separating yourself from nature and notice less wildlife around you. But if instead you turn off your flashlight, your eyesight will adjust to the dark and experience the real beauty of …show more content…
Personally, I do not believe either one is better than the other. They both try to influence people by reaching to their feelings. For example, in Desert Solitaire, Abbey wants the readers to yearn about the beauty of nature that may no longer exist. This way he is influencing people to take action if they want their grandkids to experience what we have now. Meanwhile in Being Caribou, Allison shows the beauty of the caribous and their dependence to the to the calving grounds to influence the people to spread the word to help her protect the