What Nature Suffers To Groe: Chapter Analysis

Mart A. Steward tells the story of the relationship between humans and their interaction with nature on the Georgia coast in his book, What Nature Suffers to Groe. In each chapter, Steward dives into a different aspect of this careful relationship that shaped the Georgia colony. Chapter 1 talks about the Georgia Plan and how the Trustees did not give an accurate report about Georgia’s climate and soil. This chapter also discusses how land was plotted out for use by the colonists. Chapter 2 discusses how terrible the bugs on the coast were as well as the very sandy soil, which made growing the crops the Trustees wanted challenging. This chapter also mentions how the colonist eventually cut a profit by cattle, fish and game, and cutting timber. …show more content…
The idea that “nature is constructed” can be interpreted in both a literal meaning, but can also be viewed a social construct. Literally speaking, nature is constructed because nature appears and humans can rearrange, shape, and change it. Exploring the idea that nature is constructed as a theory, one might come to understand that nature consists of people and how they interact with each other. People change nature, but nature can change on its own and it might change in ways that one never thought possible. Nature can have many meanings and can also be interpreted in a variety of different ways. There is no way to control the progression of nature nor can one change how nature interacts with those who attempt to shape it in a new way. The environment is entangled with human interactions, there is no way around this. Both theses discuss how humans interact with the environment whether that be through physical labor through slaves or through the social construct that humans created. Nature and the presence of humans is consequent for a shift in societal norms as well as the physical