Analysis Of John Muir

While reading different essays addressing the topic of nature, I came to the conclusion that they all shared the idea that being outside can make an impact in everyone no matter if you believe you only belong in a city or forest because it can bring you serenity and show you all the amazing things you wouldn't be able to see anywhere else. In Wendell Berry’s essay “An Entrance to the Woods,” he states that people can use the quiet of the woods to forget all their problems. Berry wrote “One is that, though I am here in body, my mind and my nerves too are not yet altogether here. We seem to grant to our high-speed roads and our airlines the rather thoughtless assumption that people can change places as rapidly as their bodies can be transported.” Nature has a way to transport ones mind and spirit elsewhere while the body is left behind on earth as we travel deep into thought. Adding on to that idea, the essay “A City Person Encountering Nature” by Maxine Hong Kingston the author explains that nature is a giver of peace and patience with its slow cycles that may frustrate people, but help keep a sane mind. Society is fast paced, making everyone feel that they need to keep the same pace in order to get things done, but we don't realize that although our bodies are moving and pushing, our minds are exhausted and cannot keep up with the fast pace. Kingston wrote “Preferring the city myself, I can better discern natural phenomena when books point them out; I also need to verify

As a child, I unraveled nature’s beauty and existence. Each new experience brought me feelings of excitement and joy, sparkling my imagination and igniting my curiosity. It all seemed so large back then. Oceans appeared endless as they reached towards the horizon. Treetops seemed to make friends with the puffy-looking clouds as they soared to the sky. Over the years however, as I have grown older and life has become more complex, I am beginning to think less and less about the natural world around me. I glimpse sunset stuck in rush-hour traffic trying to return school after debate practices and only listen to the pitter-patter of the rain when there’s a storm outside. Forests and oceans seemed less appealing as they became intertwined with the urban development. In a way, I was becoming more and more distanced from the so-called nature. So, with an overwhelming desire for adventure and to escape the masses, my family and I drove to Big Bend National Park in Southwest Texas last summer.

Topic Sentence: Out of all the beautiful flowers, different places and trips John Muir has experienced, his most favorite expedition was the Calypso Borealis.

Humans often find bliss in nature, as it can be a place of comfort for many. On the other hand, nature is also a place where we go to test our strength, and learn life lessons. By getting out there and letting the trials of mother nature challenge us, valuable encounters and experiences build our character in a positive way. Humans crave adventure. With nature’s resources, the glorified idea of adventure becomes a reality.

One day, John Muir said, “Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity...”-John Muir.(Brainyuote) As John Muir stated, we must experience true wilderness and nature. Yosemite showcases a variety of natural wonders such as waterfalls, Giant Sequoia trees, and rock formations.

Attending college, beginning a career, starting a family, and ultimately getting trapped in a daily routine are components in life that many see no means of escape. The lure of living off the grid with no responsibilities or connections to adult life are attractive but unattainable to most people. The experiences of Chris McCandless chronicled in Jon Krakauer’s book, Into the Wild, mystify the nation, along with many of the people he meets during his journey. From stories of those who meet McCandless along the way, people were able to put the pieces together and make a few assumptions for the reason he chooses to go into the wild. Individualism, living a minimalistic life, nonconformity, going into nature, and trusting oneself are fundamental Transcendentalist principles that McCandless also exemplifies. Two well-known proponents of the Transcendental movement, writers Henry Thoreau and Ralph Emerson, also have a strong connection to nature, that are also shown in Chris McCandless’s journey. This connection with nature requires someone to go into nature to clear the mind of meaningless things, and to open up their consciousness to what nature has to offer them. In doing so, a bond with their surroundings that has a direct impact on their well being and mental wellness. Chris McCandless, as described by Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild, demonstrates becoming one with nature through nature’s impact on his well being and mental health.

John Muir is best known for his efforts to preserve the wilderness of the United States, which greatly contributed to the preservation of countless natural areas of the US through the National Parks Service. During his travels across the country and abroad, Muir recorded his thoughts and beliefs about nature and the fundamental connection people share with the earth. By voyaging into the wild and shedding the restraints and ideals of modern society, Muir argues that people can expand their understanding of the world and experience life to its full potential through immersing themselves in nature.

Nature is the accessible feature that brings an individual back to his center of life.

John Muir was a native of Scotland; however, he was an American naturalist at heart. As an author, explorer, and naturalist, Muir was an important character in the United States forest conservation movement in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Through his endeavors, many national parks were established and preserved for generations to come.

Images gain their power from the factors and decisions surrounding the site of production, site of the image, and the site of audiencing (Rose). If an observer takes an image and considers the effects each of these sites has had on their own reading of the image’s meaning, the viewer’s resulting analysis of the image will be more a more complete evaluation. The image of “Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir at Glacier Point, Yosemite” captures a time and place in such a way that even a century after the image’s creation, students of visual studies can still use it to better understand how and where an image develops its meaning.

Over the past two units, we have discussed in great detail the progression of the criminal justice system over the 18th century. As the British criminal justice moved away from executions and capital punishment it transitioned into solutions of imprisonment and transportations of those convicted of a crime. In this time, we also see the move towards attitudes of imprisonment and convict transportation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The purpose of this chapter was to discuss the third punitive option developed in the nineteenth century. This was the option of transportation, which was widely discussed amongst reformers for a more humanitarian approach, as convicts

An evolutionary biologist at Purdue University named William Muir studied chickens. He was interested in productivity -- I think it's something that concerns all of us -- but it's easy to measure in chickens because you just count the eggs. He wanted to know what could make his chickens more productive, so he devised a beautiful experiment. Chickens live in groups, so first of all, he selected just an average flock, and he let it alone for six generations. But then he created a second group of the individuals most productive chickens -- you could call them super chickens -- and he put them together in a superflock, and each generation, he selected only the most productive for breeding.

Dogs have been considered throughout society as man’s best friend. This is clearly seen in the thrilling story of Stickeen. Muir, the narrator, and Stickeen were able to establish a strong bond with each other while on their journeys. Both of them had each other’s “back” throughout every adventure and obstacle that they both encountered. Their friendship was built on loyalty, love, and appreciation for each other. Stickeen was Muir best friend throughout the whole time they spent together as explorers.

“Mountain Thoughts” was written in the 1870s by John Muir and was then officially published in the United States in 1938. The original text was written in English and to me, seems to have been written for a wide range of people as Muir was trying to make the importance of nature and its conservation apparent to all at a time when the people of the US were not consciously concerned about the conservation of the environment.

a. “Experiences in nature can result in a direct increase of various forms of happiness or well-being, in addition to increasing well-being via satisfaction of basic psychological needs” (p. 374).