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Brokaw Essay Nature

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Brokaw depicts nature as this delicate being unable to protect itself leaving it dependent on the human race. “All of God’s creatures are now counting on us to make sure it stays good,” throughout the poem Brokaw has one repetitive idea, that nature is counting on us, and that it’s a gentle object. Brokaw is extremely relatable when it comes to this idea, most believe that nature can be dangerous, but we only really experience the backyard cuddling nature. We feel that we are lucky to see the coyote or the bear; because they are afraid of us, the question is should we be afraid of them? Personally nature is something we look for on hikes, on kayaking trips, not because we want to be put in danger, but because we want to experience and see what needs to be protected. Unlike Brokaw, Service depicts nature entirely different. To Service nature is a fight, which ultimately cannot be won. “Mountains bare their fangs unto the moon,” within this quote you can sense the fear Service is trying to announce about this untamed nature. Service’s poem The Heart of Sourdough has a completely different tone to it. A tone that leaves you wondering if the …show more content…

He comes from a scaring past and uses nature as a possible way to heal the internal wounds. Nick shows a side to nature that is frightening. The swamp proves to be a challenge for Nick, one that he has no hurry to discover. With Nick the area he is currently occupying has been extremely tamed by humans to the point of desolation. “Yes, it was black too, iridescent where the back and the head were dusty, Go on hopper, Nick said, speaking out loud for the first time, Fly away somewhere, He tossed the grasshopper up into the air and watched him sail away to a charcoal stump across the road.” Through the transformation of his surroundings, Nick notices that everything is changed and even the animal/insects are different do to

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