Coffey's Necessary Evil

After all, nature is neither kind, nor always pretty. He says, “It’s encouraging for me to see the men stop and take notice of wildness. It demonstrated their humanity… this connection to nature may even be more essential than freedom” (Lamberton, 113). It doesn’t matter if the connection is over a bird’s nest or a raven being eviscerated, as long as the men there are sharing their existence with the wild they encounter and learning from it, that creates freedom from their mental bondage, and ultimately it has the power to change them once they get outside of the prison’s walls as well.

It is supposed to be simple and crucial. Yet, humans are unable to realize this truth, thus causing the Ox to question if it truly is vital. Not only that, but humans are also causing the truth to “scatter” and “burn.” This truth is supposed to keep nature and life in tranquil state. However, since humankind cannot see the truth, they do not realize that they are ruining it. The Ox looks at humans because it is worried that they will deteriorate this truth that has been so vital to its life.

With the Taker mindset, we commit mass deforestation and pollute the earth with greenhouse gases, toxic byproducts, and garbage. The true perversion lies in the Taker mindset justifying these atrocities as necessary for the greater good; the good of humanity. I observed Mother Culture’s influence in my own worldview, as I saw the earth as a tool for our own advancement, rather than a precious environment worthy of protection. By elevating humanity to such a regal position, we have fooled ourselves into believing that we exist outside the laws of nature, and that we are immune to the consequences of our actions. Quinn compares humanity to someone trying to fly a plane that does is not designed in accordance with the laws of aerodynamics; even if he believes he is flying, he will eventually crash into the ground. I have realized that in the same way, we are not living in accordance with the laws of nature and that our arrogance will only result in the destruction of all of nature, ourselves included. That is unless we challenge or our beliefs and ideas until we live in a way beneficial for both human life and the

The practice of killing an animal for food, trade or recreational activity has been a fairly permanent and traditional aspect of our history. Even after animal domestication grew, the approach of hunting to supply food was never abandoned. Hence, the idea of an animal’s death is very ordinary. Yet, when the narrator presents the idea of killing another human and hanging their heads on his wall as a trophy, the concept is angering. It allows the readers to pose the question of why we choose to have this double standard. From the birth of our existence, humans have been killing one another. The reasons vary from family feuds, religious disagreement, to territorial gain. Howbeit, no matter the scale of war, there is always an explanation connected to the act; killing for thrill

The youth finds peace with Nature away from war. After running into the forest from the clamor of battle, he soon comes to an empty field. The solider could tell that “This landscape gave him assurance. A fair field holding life. It was the religion of peace. It would die if its timid eyes were compelled to see blood. He conceived Nature to be a woman with a deep aversion to tragedy.” Here, Nature is described as a sensitive woman who dislikes the horrors of war, just like he loathes it. The youth feels comforted by this fact accordingly, and takes some time to evaluate his actions. But this encounter with the omniscient Crane is far

“Owls” by Mary Oliver is a complex and imaginative view of nature and an analysis of its beauty and, at the same time, frightening aspects through the lens of Oliver. Throughout her story, Oliver explores the paradoxical anomalies of nature: the beauty contrasted with the fear as well as the complexity contrasted with simplicity. Using sensory language, parallel structure, and alliteration, Oliver establishes her awe-struck yet cautious view of nature as a paradoxical masterpiece.

In “A Barred Owl,” Wilbur adopts a playful tone through rhyming: “We tell the wakened child that all she heard/ Was an odd question from a forest bird” (3, 4). The rhyme imitates the style of nursery rhymes, creating a joking tone. The playful tone avoids seriousness and weakens the horror of the owl, which contributes to the poem’s style like a nursery rhyme. Wilbur also euphemizes the owl to help create a nursery style. He does not represent the horrible creature of an owl as a carnivore with sharp claws that hunts during the night, but euphemizes it as a “forest bird” (Wilbur 4). The owl’s representation as a safe forest bird refers its figure to the enthusiastic birds with heavenly sounds in cartoons and story books, which often help the protagonist to overcome difficulties and dangers. Referring to nursery imageries of birds, the euphemism contributes to the poem’s style as a nursery rhyme. Creating a playful tone and a nursery style, Wilbur uses rhymes and euphemism to “domesticate fear” (Wilbur

He personifies nature as a human being by giving him the ability to hug and give warmth to others. He also says that people should have no worries in him because the beauty of nature is not the temporary happiness of sadness that life brings you, but the ability to breathe in air. The ability to stand up and walk. Nature has the ability to bring the best out of the worst. The narrator also says that people can truly see nature when they are isolated from society due to the fact that they can think take their time to analyze

In the year 1625, Francis Bacon, a famous essayist and poet wrote about the influences of fear on everyday life. He stated, “Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other” (Essays Dedication of Death). Clearly, external surroundings affect perceptions of fear as well as human nature in general. Although C.S. Lewis published the novel, Out of the Silent Planet, over three centuries after Bacon wrote his theory on fear, Lewis similarly portrayed external surrounding to manipulate perceptions of fear. From the first chapter of the novel, Lewis revealed fear to be a weakness that leads to ignorance. It was this

In his book, Last Child in the Woods (2008), Richard Louv illustrates his distaste for the widening divide between man and nature by his use of exemplification, narration and hypophora. Louv’s purpose for writing this book is to inform the audience that mankind should change its ways and move towards a lifestyle that is more appreciative of its surroundings. Louv uses a frustrated tone to invoke the feeling of guilt within the reader because they are responsible for making humanity unappreciative of nature.

There are many examples of how diction is used in “A Barred Owl”. When Wilbur mentions “The warping night-air” (Wilbur, 1), it created an ominous tone by giving off a negative connotation right from the start. Wilbur then mentions “Words, which can make our terrors bravely clear” (Wilbur, 7) In this line, the word that resonates clearly is “Terror” which illustrates the the severity of her fear. Fear, among many emotions often occupies the majority of our thoughts, as shown when Wilbur mentions the “owl’s voice into her darkened room” (Wilbur, 2).

In Helen Macdonald’s memoir, H is for Hawk, she explores her journey of grief and recovery following the death of her father and how a goshawk and the wildness it embodies allows her to rediscover herself and restore her own humanity. In the very first chapter Macdonald takes time to assert her opinion of the sanctity and power of the wild, a world separate from and yet connected to our own, very much like the land of Faery from Gaelic and later English mythologies. To Macdonald the wild is a place and a presence that is both alien and familiar. Macdonald hunts down these places that to her seem to be more deeply connected to that force, wildness within and beyond all things. Macdonald relishes in these places’ beauty, as her father had taught

The main theme expressed by Stephen Crane in the story is nature’s indifference towards man or nature versus man. The author elaborates the realization of

When looking at a piece of literature through a psychological approach it is easy to apply Sigmund Freud’s theories of the id, ego, and superego, which focus on conscious and unconscious behavior. When analyzing many of Poe’s works, critics tend to look through a psychological lens. Specifically in Poe’s The Black Cat. Some critics believe that Poe’s alcoholism is reflected in the piece, but many, such as James W. Gargano “advised the tales readers to avoid the biographical pitfall of seeing Poe and the first-person narrator of The Black Cat as ‘identical literary twins’” (Piacentino 1). It is due to his childhood that Poe’s narrator in The Black Cat subconsciously places animals before humans, thus leading to him to murder his wife.

animalistic predator as Rachel maintains the same physical alertness to the owl as she did to him. The positioning of the owl stands in directly for Harry in the form of familiar imaging as the owl is side lit and angeled just has harry was in the scene prior. As the scene prose close up shots of both an owl and bunny reveal another fairytale like moment in the storyline that is reminiscent of a fable. Cutting back to Rachel the scene ends with her in a medium shot relaying a parable like message of the world hardships for “young things”. Overall, “very little real world pretense was used as sharp lines symbolic detail through technical elements where used to create “highly” detailed and “stylized” environment in which the “expressive power” was achieved to depict the symbolic depiction of good versus evil through cinematic use of staging, lighting, and shot scale.