Wildness

understand the behaviour of bears would be at risk if they wandered into a bear’s territory. Most violent behaviour from bears are caused by getting between a mother bear and her cubs, surprising a bear, or being in the area when they are desperate for food. To avoid surprising a bear, it is common practice to talk loudly to announce your presence in a bear country. Bears may be dangerous and unpredictable as ‘wildness’ suggests, but they are also one of the most beloved wild animals, and most negative “bear encounters are the result of human error.” Most often, humans are perceived as predators by wildlife, which are subsequently scared into violent behaviour. Due to the unpredictable behaviour of wildlife, people more often sympathize with a species than an individual animal, and are unlikely to fare well if they do not know what to expect or how to act in an encounter. At the very least, education programs would help bear country residents understand how to prevent conflicts, and possibly gain an appreciation for wildlife. The main characteristic of wildness is primitive, savage and unpredictable behaviour, yet humans are not immune from behaving in these ways. Considering war, mass genocides or nuclear technology, it is clear that humans are the deadliest and most dangerous of all animal species. As is the case for some animals, humans are most likely to turn to primitive or wild behaviour when desperate. Then again, humans have been known to act savagely through…

Why can’t they run free? On this earth when a humans acts in a wrong way they are sent to prison. So by saying this, why are animals caged up and forced to have a life where they cannot control what they want to do. Many people say the purpose of zoos, aquariums and circus is to proved endangered animals with a home and a place to reproduce, but is this what it is being used for? Also should is it a fact that even when born in captivity is it still in there nature to be wild. How will animals…

I am against animal experimentation, cruelty, and I don’t think animals should be used in circuses, or abandoned. Thousands of animals die from being left out on the streets and starve or get killed from being abused or forced to fight other animals. Zoo owners and factory farm owners are affected by the leading issue. The main controversies are people who think animals are used for entertainment or to keep animals in farms. Events that are related to this issue are animal cruelty, animal…

There are infinite ways one defines the word wild. As the dictionary states “Living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated”. In other words, anything without human contact is wild.” However, in H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald, Macdonald defines wild as a place where one goes to heal from the real world. Eventually, her definition of wild evolves into something else as she continues her relationship with Mabel. Macdonald’s Goshawk. After her father’s tragic death, all Macdonald could…

Right when the boys got on the island first thing they did was that they built a fire and found shelter and food. This is also the key points of surviving in the wildness. Not only were they able to adapt to the new environment they were in but, they made use of everything they found. In the book they collected sticks and carved them into spheres and used them for hunting and fishing. Another example was when they use Piggy's glasses to start the fire. Just like being one of the theological…

The time IS come to reevaluate wild. This will appear a shocking case to numerous tree huggers, since wild has for quite a long time been a principal principle—for sure, an enthusiasm—of ecological development, particularly in United States. For some Americans wild remains as the final spot where progress, that very human ailment, has not completely contaminated the earth. It is island in the contaminated ocean of urban-mechanical advancement, one spot we may turn for getaway from own particular…

allowed to hunt or log within a noble’s forest, this was to keep a stock of animals which the nobles could hunt with other nobles: an important element of medieval diplomacy and social life1. Urbanization, and therefore increasing isolation from nature, is a hallmark of industrialization and development. With the creation of great factories, a host of new sources of employment were created. As people’s livelihoods stemmed from human industry, rather than nature, this caused a fundamental shift…

introduces the idea of wildness. This wildness is not the same as the wilderness that has become the default for many individuals. In this essay I will attempt to identify Thoreau’s definition of wildness. Thoreau identifies the wildness as the West (609). In one way this is the geographical west, the area currently occupied by states such as Kansas, Colorado, and Montana. Opposite to the west is the east geographically the east is England and France. Thoreau is examining the differences between…

Joseph Conrad’s techniques in “The Heart of Darkness” convey the experience of traveling up the Congo River. Specifically, the atmosphere and effects of the Congo are detailed through Conrad’s use of diction and imagery. Conrad’s diction emphasizes the complexity of the Congo’s atmosphere. As Marlow travels up the “silent” river he notes that the air is “heavy” and “sluggish.” The diction conveys a still atmosphere, emphasizing the idea that the Congo is stuck in (a primitive) time.…

Wilderness refers to nature in its pristine state and includes a sense of rawness. Wilderness, though men can visit it, must be entirely separate from society and civilization. Wildness, however, is nature that is connected and present within civilization. Here, man and nature share space rather than being entirely separate. Wilderness is the antithesis of a city whereas wildness is an intermediate. In the passage where Masako and Chieko visit Kitayama, Kawabata initially characterizes it as…