Descriptive Essay About Nature

Paul Josephson's book Industrialized Nature: Brute Force Technology and the Transformation of the Natural World, discusses an analyzes various governmental forces that brought about change to nature for various states. In his book, Josephson coins a term "brute force technology", to cover anything such as large dams, susceptible engineers, large machines for deforestation, and government officials, that cause great damage and change to nature. With this paper, I do not necessarily wish to look…

way for the discussion of the second sestet. Instead of pitting science and nature against each other, Dickinson uses the structure of the poem to link them. The first and the second sestet seem to build on different ideas at first, but, by the end of the poem, they transform into justifications for the existent complementary relationship between nature and science. Dickinson uses these two sestets to argue about nature and science independently, yet the transitional word “So” (Dickinson 7) in…

“Man masters nature but not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic has failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature”(Jacob Bronowski). This quote says that we understand nature but we don’t control it we just know how to live with it. In the novel Tangerine, Edward Bloor uses the motif of nature to show that no matter how much manpower you have, you can not beat nature at it’s own game. Even with the amount of setbacks that nature gives…

To suggest that wilderness cannot exist within the context of the Anthropocene epoch is to fundamentally misunderstand the definition of nature and wilderness. The Anthropocene does not imply that humans constitute a force of nature, but rather that human actions have enough global impact to affect Earth’s composition and ecosystem on the scale of geological time. This does not change the fact that wilderness, areas relatively untouched by humans and in relative natural state, cannot exist. The…

To start off with, at the beginning of Lou's article, he gives us a rhetoric introduction to connect the separation of people and nature. He gives several examples of how technology has gone into certain aspects of nature that we never would’ve imagined. He also intentionally gives those examples to set up an argument that can not be disputed. Examples such as, the changing of butterfly wing colors through technology, advertised stamps in the wet sand at public beaches and corporations logos…

In a world of cars, highways, and skyscrapers, it can be difficult to see how much nature matters and affects our lives. For me, nature has always been an incredible place to go to get to know myself better and learn to appreciate the little things in life. A BWCA Wilderness canoe-camping adventure with my friends would be an amazing opportunity to grow as a person, spend time in my favorite place, and make lifelong memories with my friends. My past experiences in Boundary Waters have…

The continent of Antarctica has been set aside as a preserve in 1959. Since then, many people have argued over whether or not to explore the continent or leave it be. The stories, “The Last Wilderness Preserve” and “A New Land of Opportunity” both have contrasting ideas about Antarctica. The first passage provides the argument of how people do not belong on the continent while the other explains the complete opposite. The first passage, “The Last Wilderness Preserve” explains how humans should…

By far, nature in the most influential sentiment around. A profound philosopher and writer, Ralph Waldo Emerson, once said, “The happiest man is he who learn from nature the lesson of worship.” Emerson and William Wordsworth would both agree that nature is a profound and all important part of life. Nature allows one to set priorities straight and to appreciate the little things in life. WIlliam Wordsworth is a poet who writes about love, politics, and nature. Wordsworth takes a special interest…

is extraordinary. To understand the nature, it requires countless knowledge and studies. What we see in nature are created by the supernatural forces, such as the natural disasters, and/or planned by humans, such as the gardens. The advantage of art is that we can imitate the naturalistic form of nature and expand our creativity to compose an ideal imagery. The two artworks, The Great Day of His Wrath and Ryoanji Zen Garden of Contemplation, exemplify the nature of different artistic approaches.…

“This is our world, although the people who drew this map decided to put their own land on top of ours. There is no top or bottom, you see.” —Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun. The environment is a very important and fragile place. The government believed this was true, so they established the reserve to preserve it. However, some already want to take over a “small” portion of the reserve and make it theirs. So in other words, should we overtake something that is rightfully for the…