Nature Versus Nurture Essay

In a foreword to Subhankar Banerjee's book, former President Jimmy Carter makes an argument against allowing drilling and industrial activity in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. In his defence of his position, Carter effectively uses a combination of factual evidence, style, and appeals to emotion to persuade the reader of his ideas. Carter starts the foreword off by describing a time when he went to the Arctic Refuge with his wife, and recounting all of the Refuge's natural beauty, from…

Bob and the Blob Bob knew that he should not have mixed those chemicals together, but the resulting giant blob that ate up the school was not really his fault. How could he have known, that by mixing hydrochloric acid, potassium iodine, copper sulfate and some of the “secret” substance behind the teacher’s desk would have resulted in an omnivorous, gelatinous blob? However, he was blamed nevertheless. The chemistry class that Bob attended had few rules that had to be explained, as most were what…

Overcoming Natural Disasters (A discussion on Leonard Pitts’ article, Sometimes, the Earth is Cruel) Over the course of the reigning of the earth, natural disasters have seemed to overcome man, both physically and emotionally. Natural disasters have been extremely traumatizing and damaging since the beginning of time. In Pitts’ article, he describes the terrible and saddening country of Haiti and the extremes that the people of that island have to go through. The devastation as other…

Nature is usually seen more as the setting, rather than the antagonist in a story. In Jack London’s “To Build a Fire,” there is a never ending battle between nature and the four different living entities, whether they be current or past experiences. This portrays nature as more of an opposing character, rather than it being a part of the setting. By using the four characters, the man, the dog, the old-timer from Sulpher Creek and the boys, London is able to portray how nature impacts them all…

The book, The Forest Unseen, A Year’s Watch in Nature by David George Haskell is his experiences in his year-long journey in a mandala within the Tennessee forests. He describes many different types of wildlife he observes during his time in the forest. The purpose of the author writing this novel is to show how the life in the mandala relies on each other for survival. All the wildlife in the mandala depend on each other to survive. The first example of relationships in the forest is on page 2…

In the article “Talking to the Owls and Butterflies”, John Fire Lame Deer discusses how Indians and Whites see nature from completely different aspects. Indians embrace nature. The visual image I chose shows all aspects of nature that Lame Deer states Indians appreciate: the peaceful outdoors, the wildlife within it, and the Great Spirit (624). The white man, on the other hand, looks at a forest and sees raw resources to build a luxury home. He takes what once was a wildlife animal and turns it…

balanced in order to grow and be stronger. Similarly, in the documentary Cold Warriors: Wolver vs. Buffalo, director Jeff Turner explains that the world has beautiful places with high valleys, canyons, and stunning forest. We should watch and learn from Nature. For this, and other reasons, Aldo Leopold would feel conflicted about what is happening in Wood Buffalo National Park. One strong point to consider from the documentary is when the wolf had to kill a middle age buffalo in the heart of…

I have had a lifelong passion for environmental issues that arose from a childhood spent amongst mountains, canyons, islands, and rivers. The Anacostia River near my home is dubbed “The Forgotten River,” for it has been transformed by neglect. It was integral to my childhood—my family canoed on the river, my crew team practiced on it, and my Eagle Scout project involved rehabilitating one of its wetlands. The river showed me that environmental issues are complex, involving science, social…

Nectar in a Sieve Danise Bachman “Nature is like a wild animal that you have trained to work for you. So long as you are vigilant and walk warily with thought and care… but look away for an instant…and it has you by the throat.” (pg. 39) Rukmani’s description of nature in an accurate one, especially for this story. Her relationship with the land is closely tied with her fate. In a way, the land was one of the antagonists in Nectar in a Sieve. When crops did poorly, her family starved. Then,…

510) Nature has its way of attacking itself that leaves the rest of us, running for safety. In this story people are affected by lightning striking a forest on a mountain. Another example of nature working against itself is when the wind blew the fire in a way that caused it to spread. The sad part is, that the forest had no protection against the fire. It’s amazing there is still life on this planet with so many natural opportunities. To destroy itself. High park fire is an example of nature…