Gary Paulsen's Plane Crash In The Canadian Wilderness

Richard Louv uses Logos in several different ways throughout this selection. He collects research from many different studies, interviews parents, and finds sources from history. In his second chapter especially, he uses numerous examples of scientific experiments to back his point that people really do not have an adequate realization of the difference between humans and animals. In his third chapter, he conducted an interview with a parent who had moved to a certain neighborhood because of the abundance of outdoor areas. Louv uses this interview to illustrate his point that even if nature is available, it really is not supposed to be used for unstructured recreation. In his second chapter, he draws on U.S. Census Bureau reports to illustrate the decline of the family farm. He uses historical events and ideas to show his idea of the romanticizing of the American frontier. Through these concrete examples, he is able to persuade the reader that his ideas and theories are valid.

The novel “The River” is the second book to a magnificent five part series by Gary Paulsen, throughout reading this book I was on the edge of my seat, wondering what to think. This novel is about a young boy who named Brian who is recovering from a traumatic experience in the woods, and decides he would like to use his experience to teach other people in his positon. In his past experience, he crashed a plane and spent 54 days in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but a hatchet and the clothes on his back. He agrees to go back into the woods to teach a survival instructor named Derek exactly how he survived. After much planning and paperwork he sets out to a precise location in the forest. Soon after arriving he realizes that what they had packed would not make this trip a struggle, like his

Nature has a powerful way of portraying good vs. bad, which parallels to the same concept intertwined with human nature. In the story “Greasy Lake” by T. Coraghessan Boyle, the author portrays this through the use of a lake by demonstrating its significance and relationship to the characters. At one time, the Greasy Lake was something of beauty and cleanliness, but then came to be the exact opposite. Through his writing, Boyle demonstrates how the setting can be a direct reflection of the characters and the experiences they encounter.

He is forced to conceal himself in the dark waters next to a dead body while witnessing others vandalize and destroy his car from a distance. “There was a smell in the air, raw and sweet at the same time, the smell of the sun firing buds and opening blossoms. I contemplated the car. It lay there like a wreck along the highway, like a steel sculpture left over from a vanished civilization. Everything was still. This was nature.” These words are how he observes the nature surrounding him after the events take place. Where only a short time ago everything about Greasy Lake was full of life and promise it is now dead and still. He no longer sees nature the same way, or looks at the world as he once did. He beholds the world in a different manner, he will never view life in the way he used to. Everything has changed for him.

To begin explaining his viewpoint, Carter relates to his audience an account of when he and his wife traveled to the Arctic. What they saw was nothing short of breathtaking. The indigenous flora and fauna inspired awe with their brilliancy. The Carters witnessed the spectacle of a myriad of caribou migrating along with their newborns. He described this experience as "unforgettable and humbling" (Carter 3). This rendition invokes a majestic view of the wildlife in the Arctic Refuge. Carter makes use of this to move his audience to adopt the perspective that the unaffected region is precious.

In his short story “Greasy Lake,” the lake with the community teenagers create a stereotypical scene of current youth pop culture. Many youth who read this story can find the ironic references and similarities with their lifestyle in today’s world. T. Coraghessan Boyle uses the setting of the story to expose a world lacking self-discipline and showing immorality amongst a community youth, which can sometimes be rather common today. This also aids in creating an atmosphere that surrounds suspense and impaired judgement to better develop the characters of the story. Boyle is able to achieve this by creating a setting with the story of the Greasy Lake and describing the Lake as both a setting and main character.

He talks about “the smell of the swamp” and “the sun shone endlessly day after day”. By appealing to the sense of the reader, the reader is really able to put their self on the lake in Maine and paint a picture in their head of what it was like waking up day after day on the lake. Also by appealing to the senses of the reader. He says things like “rusty screens” and “doughnuts dipped in sugar”. These all appeal to any of the five senses of the reader and with the mix of that appeal as well as the immaculate details he adds in, White is able to allow the reader to create a picture of their own while still summing up his trip to the lake and really creating what he truly saw summer after summer as he traveled there as a kid and now as an adult with his own son and seeing everything change over the years. White puts a lot of detail to his writing which he makes the reader able to see what he sees in that lake. For example he uses metaphors such as “stillness of the cathedral”. To describe the clamminess of the area he was

In this passage from Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv puts a strong emphasis on the increasingly distant relationship between people and nature. Louv uses specific examples to support his argument, as well as imagery, sarcasm and an appeal to ethos and pathos. By using these rhetorical strategies, Louv appeals to his readers and convinces them of his argument.

Jimmy Carter, Former US President, uses descriptive imagery to capture the audience and draw their attention to the bigger picture of how The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge should be saved. Carter's tone reflects the excitement that can be expreienced within the Arctic Refuge, while creating a saddened tone when mentioning what could happen if the Arctic Refuge was overthrown by an industrial economy. The Former US President conveys personification by creating life-like portrayals of his encounters with the wildlife in the Arctic Refuge.

Bogard starts his article off by narrating a personal anecdote. He tells the audience about an experience spent on Minnesota Lake, where [his] hands disappeared before [his] eyes". By expressing this brief anecdote, the writer invites the audience to emphathize with him and to remember a time when they could fully amass the beauty of natural darkness. He continues describing what he saw and felt there, using vivid language related to visual

Boyle, Tom Coraghessan. "Greasy Lake." Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Ed. X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 7th ed. New York: Longman, 1999.

The text explains to the reader about the importance of wolves in the Yellowstone National Park and how they affect the environment around them. The book is written in a way so it does not seem like and it is informational but is giving the reader a great deal of facts. Information such as how the wolves were forced to leave the park, and the cause and effect relationships of their absence and reintroduction. George illustrates how the food chain works in the text, and how a domino effect can happen by human interference in the ecosystem.

“I understand now, in a way I never did before, the colossal scale of the world,” claims Bill Bryson in his 1997 autobiographical novel A Walk in the Woods, where he recounts his journey through the Appalachian National Scenic Trail. In every way, A Walk in the Woods is just as adventurous and comical as any other self-discovery novel. However, the purpose behind it extends far beyond entertaining readers with stories of the impulsive, Little Debbies loving Stephen Katz. Eloquently woven in are shocking exposés about wildlife extinction, the National Park Service funding, human-environment interaction, and the speed at which the United States changes. Nevertheless, the constant in the plot is Bryson and Katz’s trip up the AT. As a result of them finishing “just 39.5 percent of the trail” (Bryson 273), using cars, and staying at hotels, some readers question his credibility as an author regarding information about the trail. However, despite critics’ claims that he used modern transportation and lodging and did not complete the trail, Bryson’s previous nonfiction writing experience, intact recollection of events due to the time he wrote the book, and his knowledge, research, and main purpose prove he is a credible author.

The path of natural evolution is not easy for the land or for Alexandra Bergson. The land must accept the changes created by mankind in order to become prominent. Nature endures the “sharp crack from the gun” (96) as man becomes the predator of all animals. The key to evolution is held by Alexandra, and the key is to preserve the beautiful nature rather than defiling it. Alexandra preserves the life of her hogs by building “a shed to give them shade, get them off the old stinking ground, and give them only grain and clean feed” (34). This attracts criticism from the society as many homesteaders are close-minded and don’t believe in Alexandra. It is tough for Alexandra because she lacks the necessary support of her older brother, Lou and Oscar

At the end of the dock is a sign that reads; "No Fishing, No Swimming, No Dumping"; a sign that is quite often recognized by all visitors of parks and lakes and as big as the windshield. Around the lake there a hills and valleys around Lake Lavon. $200,00 home are springing up like mad. Retirees, former airline pilots, and people generally burned out on big cities are discovering Lake Lavon. The small lake but the perfect weather, and the safe-quiet atmosphere are drawing people like a cover-up draws Ed Bradly. Without thought or hesitation we smiled and warmly held ourselves in each other arms and slowly sat down together at the end of the dock, put out feet in the water and the water was so cool like melted water from snow (to eat the strawberries we brought). The strawberries were delicious; red, ripped, and plumped; sweetness caressed our mouth with very bite. Some were quite sour, but was washed it away by an ocean of water every time. As supplies ran short she decided to play lazy and had me carry her to watch the people fishing by the dock. Although very distinctive and precise, I was like a bear; very step was heavy and short. To the left side of the dock about 200ft people ware fishing and kid's playing soccer on the field near the lake. By watching them play I remember my childhood, that my mother always took me to the Lake Lavon every weekend to fishing, and now I'm with my girlfriend holding her hand and watching people fishing and