Wilderness

A Historical Perspective of Wilderness in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness Some of the most grim events in history involve man assuming ownership over things that cannot be owned. During the “Scramble for Africa” that took place in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the colonization of the Congo Free State saw European powers gain control of the people as well as the land. In his novel Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad utilizes the motif of wilderness with the purpose of representing the conflict…

In chapter XIV of Our Southern Highlanders, Horace Kephart delves into the reasons why the inhabitants of Appalachia accepted solitude and also analysing their family ties, customs, holidays and religious traditions. “The Law of the Wilderness” is composed of seven pages each dealing with a different topic, a good amount of information fills the pages providing a good insight into the minds and the way of living of the Appalachian inhabitants. From isolation to religious beliefs through some…

The Wilderness: Viewpoint in Nature as a Projection of Success In William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, a series of betrayals and unfortunate events leads up to the main characters all being placed somewhere within the forest of Arden. As the play unfolds, the theme of “power” and, more specifically, who holds this power becomes prominent in determining the outcome of each character. Similarly, Ann Radcliffe’s A Sicilian Romance introduces readers to the characters, Duke de Luovo and Madame…

The wilderness is a dangerous place to be, everyone will need to learn to survive. To survive one will need to know the geography of the location. Knowing the vegetation around the area would help. Having a plan is the best way to start, making sure you know what to do. One will need many skills to survive. The geography of the location is a very important survival skill. Some skills involve getting warm, wear a hat to bed to stop blood from getting to cold. When you use two stones preferably…

Roderick Nash argues that wilderness is the antithesis to the human paradise in satisfying our interests (Nash, xii). Henry David Thoreau advocates that “in wilderness is the preservation of the world” (Cronon, 471). Environmental activist Gary Snyder believes wilderness to be “a person with a clear heart and open mind can experience the wilderness anywhere on earth. It’s a quality of one’s own consciousness” (Cronon, 495). Author Bill McKibben believes there is no wilderness and “we must accept…

The Merriam-Webster definition of wilderness certainly defines the important distinction between affected and unaffected geographical areas in the Canadian environment. Sincalir’s (2016) article defines the problem of biased wilderness preservation policies when it comes to extraction of natural resources from differing regions of Canada. In fact, there are many instances when the regulation of the ecosystem is diverted in order to give cart blanche to resource extraction corporations’ massive…

Many times, people have confused juvenile boot camps with therapeutic wilderness programs. In actuality, wilderness therapy takes the approach of developing a relationship with people based on respect and compassion. Nature serves as the teacher. A bootcamp uses physical and psychological aggression, whereas a wilderness therapy program creates circumstances that are more therapeutic. With this type of therapy, you have to endure the hardship of living in the outdoors, and you have to learn…

Alternatively, most American Puritans saw the wilderness as an ominous presence, but misunderstood God’s implementation of the wilderness, as perceived by the Puritans. Once again, through Puritan mentality, God used the wilderness to test weak Puritans—those who lacked faith—and adopted the foundation of the wilderness to benefit the Puritan communities in America. One writer, J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur, used the idea of the wilderness to further implement God’s word toward the Puritan…

jar in wilderness may be. Immediately, it seems that the jar is profound. It is special. The man-made jar has a unique influence on the wilderness. Perhaps it is more than just a regular jar, or small jar, but a larger more distinctive jar. In the first stanza, Steven’s conveys, “It made the slovenly wilderness surround the jar” (lines 3-4). The wilderness is described as, slovenly, an adjective meaning, messy or dirty. The jar could be so beautiful, so distinctive, that the wilderness…

Atwood’s representation of the landscape and the wilderness in “Death by Landscape” is employed to symbolize the inscribing of Atwood’s portrayal of the self in a post-colonial setting; as it foregrounds a post-colonial topic. The symbolic usage of the landscape illustrates the explorations of the national and geographical identities, social class, and the psychological boundaries. The wilderness illustrates the hierarchical constructions of gendered and national identities. On the margins of…