In The Stag Hughes seems to comment on man’s relationships with nature

As Corbett mentions in his reading, “A Faint Green Sell: Advertising and the Natural World” there are many tactics advertisers use to pitch their products. Nature is one of the facets that aids in selling their products, creating a scenery that seems inviting eludes consumers into thinking that image and feeling will transpire once one buys the product. When in reality that isn’t the case, a backdrop of a waterfall and kayaking is a totally different scenario that is being pitched rather than what would really occur.

‘The sheer popularity’ of stimulating nature or using nature as ad space ‘demands that we acknowledge, even respect, their cultural importance,’ suggests Richtel. Culturally important, yes. But the logical extension of synthetic nature is the irrelevance of ‘true’ nature— the certainty that it’s not even worth looking at. (Louv lines 9-19)

Some of Hunt’s most eloquently used rhetorical devices are diction and imagery. Diction is an author’s word choice. Imagery is a rhetorical device used to appeal to the senses of the readers. Diction is seen throughout the article, such as Hunt’s describing the beauty of the colors of nature as Nature’s way “to show the dullest eye how she loves color.” This quote provides a selective choice of words which express how bright and joyful the colors of nature must be if Nature can show how much she loves color without providing any explanation. A masterful piece of imagery in the article is Hunt’s use of “as if Nature herself has been making some

Throughout Ted Hughes’ works his fascination with animals is vastly prevalent. During Hughes’ childhood his family moved to Mexborough when he was seven years old. The Hughes’ family resided in rural area. Hughes as well as his childhood friends would often interact with the animals within the community. He would capture birds, foxes, and fish for loaches. He developed a passion for animals at the early age of four when he was given a photographic book of animals on his fourth birthday. The book had descriptions of the animal’s history which was rather advanced for a young child. Hughes attempted to draw and copy the pictures within the book. He relished collecting living creatures, such as mice (Feinstein 8-9). In addition, with the influence of his brother Gerald Hughes, Ted Hughes had a desire for hunting and shooting animals, uncommon among the others that live in the village. According to London Times contributor Thomas Nye, Hughes once confessed “that he began writing poems adolescence, in his earlier years he had a passion for hunting animals, whether the animal was dead or trapped Hughes had an attraction to animals. He wanted to capture not just live animals, but the aliveness of animals in their nature state: their wildness, quiddity, the fox-ness of the fox and the crow-ness of the crow” (“Ted Hughes, Poetry”). In Hughes’ poems animals mirror mans’ inner turbulence. In his poem

J. Baird Callicott and Priscilla Solis Ybarra are both professors at the University of North Texas and the situation they are explaining is that the wilderness was once seen as a wild place filled with beasts that couldn’t be tamed. They include the view points and work of great foresters like

We capture, contain, and control the very wildness of these animals, we so admire them for. We decorate a large bucket of water, or a box of bars to resemble a shallow shadow of the wilderness they should be in. These animals held captive in collective groups as a means to entertain us. We are trading the wonder of nature, seen in it’s own wilderness area for animal showmanship and entertainment. Losing the remarkable sensations of hope and renewal we experience, as we stand in a wilderness land, quietly observing animals and nature in the wildly beautiful and raw lands. The absence of our own lack of realization that nature and the wild places we call the wilderness are under attack. They are in danger of being beyond repair. It overwhelms the senses, and is not to be tolerated.

Many of the shots of nature contain manmade objects in the background, which highlights European culture infringing on Native territory. Likewise, the use of extreme long-shots to film the nature could highlight the emotional and cultural distance that Native Americans currently feel towards the land due to modern development. The only life seen in any of the shots is a single bird soaring above Niagara Falls. The shot pans to keep the bird close to the centre of the frame. The single bird being watched by the camera could symbolize how lonely and judged Native Americans may currently feel as they are denied their land and lack support from the rest of the country.

The film is not only able to show the way humanity has lost contact with nature but also how much they appreciate and want it back in their society.

hunting skills as an excuse to not follow the rules, for examples, he chased after a boar instead

Nature presents itself around us every day, sprouting between the sidewalk and the street, potted on a porch or controlled and planned out in sectioned off lots often accompanied by a playground. Living in the city, we are not often presented with the unpredictable qualities of wild nature, an environment that is more likely to make the average person feel like an explorer of uncharted territory than a trip to the neighborhood park would ever make us feel.

The beautiful blossoms that bloom in Californian spring, the summer daisies alongside the cooling lake, long after the summer the trees have lost their leaves entering autumn to fresh white snow out in the mountains. Nature is able to show us its true beauty without any falseness and modifications. After all, is it not ironic how people go to museums to look at paintings of colorful flowers, green hills, and clear water streams; those are beauties that can easily be observed in real life outside of the urban environment which are surrounded by them, or how people buy recordings of the calming sounds of nature, similar to what you would listen to at night in the woods or smell nature aromas of the candles. What we are doing is trying to mislead our minds and pretend to think that we are in the woods but are instead cornered inside our small, well-furnished, and full -with-technology apartment.

In the essay, “Save the Whales, Screw the Shrimp”, Joy Williams argues that people have reduced the valuable experiences provided by nature through simplification and domestication. Williams writes, “The tiny masters are willing to arrange Nature for you. They will compose it into a picture that you can look at at your leisure...Nature becomes scenery, a prop.” William’s claim that human intervention minimizes nature to a superficial background is inaccurate because intervention allows increased utilization, involvement, and accessibility.

It is contrasted with real world to further reinforce the lack of nature in society. The short length of the scene, and the fact that the scene is only Deckard's dream, conveys the elusiveness of nature and shows us that humans still ‘dream' of having the presence of nature back in their world-weary lives. Another method used by the cinematographers to show the want for nature is through the presence of artificial animals. While the artificiality of the animals shows the destruction of nature the way humans still keep them as pets conveys their yearning to bring back nature.

The nature in which we live is truly a beautiful thing. When the Europeans first made contact in North America, they were immediately in love with the views they encountered. They were interested in wanting to know more about the land, the animals that peeked around, and the people who called it home. Artists such as, John White had heard the tales of what Christopher Columbus had described during his time in North America, which led to them wanting to make their own discoveries. Everyone had their own opinions and views of the world but artists were able to capture the natural images and feeling they had through their paintings.

(Allen 12). The author wants to make the point that while in the out doors there will always be another part of nature invading while trying to kick out nature. The Wild does what it wants, we want to be surrounded by it and make it live by our standards, but we can't control it. Bugs and animals come into our homes invading our privacies