The Hungry Tide Analysis

In both Kate Chopin’s The Awakening and Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild, nature is paradoxically symbolized as both a liberator and a destroyer- intellectual maturation and hubris- through the “awakenings” of Edna Pontellier and Chris McCandless.

Leslie Marmon Silko’s poem “Prayer to the Pacific” is a good example of ecocriticism works in literature because it explains an important myth about the Pacific Ocean that relates to culture, existence and the survival of Native Americans. The myth states that “thirty thousand years ago” the Laguna Indians had arrived America from China on the back of “sea turtles”. I think this poem is also significant because it gives us a clue on the importance of Pacific Ocean concerning Native American culture.

American Novelist, essayist and short story author David Foster Wallace uses his essay “Consider the Lobster” to tell the reader about his thought provoking visit to the Maine Lobster Festival. Wallace wrote this essay to show his thought process dealing with the moral ambiguity of cooking lobster, and the research he did to further understand the subject. He primarily uses an informational tone with a heavy emphasis on pathos. He does a fairly good job remaining unbiased and showing the counterarguments.

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.

Humankind is devoid of concerns towards the world that shelters them. In e.e cummings poem “Pity this monster, manunkind” is satirical criticism towards how people are evolving only to damage nature. The theme of the poem is opposition, and the author structures his poem’s form, content, punctuation and tone to complement his claim. In this poem, the author expresses his point by stating mankind is self-centered, he defends nature and natural life, and that it is useless to believe that mankind will make adequate changes to benefit nature.

The entire world breaks down by ecosystems and the way those ecosystems function together determine the cohesive success of humanity and nature. Joy Harjo laces this idea fluidly throughout her poem titled “Fishing”. Harjo uses specific poetic elements to exhibit the increasing threat of destruction within ecosystems and the interconnectedness of humanity and nature.

In Pat Conroy’s Novel “Prince of Tides”, Susan Lowenstein is a psychiatrist from New York City. Her patient Savannah Wingo has made several suicide attempts and often uses poetry as an escape from reality. Savannah’s brother Tom visits Lowenstein to further discuss his sister’s troubles. Lowenstein being a psychiatrist makes her a very paradoxical character due to the fact she herself has problems of her own.

In the book “House of the Red Fish” there has been many acts of loyalty that was shown. Tomi showed loyalty when he told his friends the plan to bring the boat up. Mose and Rico showed loyalty when Rico got shot because they were out after curfew. Mr. Davis showed loyalty when he found out Grandpa Joji was at the hospital.

Within each zone, alterations in physical features of the landscape can blur zonation patterns (Graham & Wilcox, 2000; Stephenson & Stephenson, 1949; 1937; Lipkin, 1971; McQuaid & Branch, 1984). Additionally, between each zone there is a “fringe” zone where species from each zone can persist in small numbers before reaching their range limit (the “supralittoral fringe” and the “infralittoral fringe”) (Stephenson & Stephenson, 1949). Boulders, crevices, and tide pools all create microhabitats within the zones (Graham & Wilcox, 2000; Stephenson & Stephenson, 1949; Lartigue, 2003; Bolton & Anderson, 1990; Underwood, 2000). The presence of these features can alter the effects of abiotic factors such as light availability, salinity, and wave

Animal Abuse. Shrinking Biosphere. Mass Extinction. Like animal activist and writer, T.C. Boyle says, “Everyday's Auschwitz for the animals” (6 Boyle). These are all dreary topics that are occasionally brought up to our attention. Being the naive creatures we are, we choose to try and push these ideas into the bottom of our subconscious. When asked about human’s role in the environment, T.C. Boyle says, “It’s quite clear to me that our species is on the way out” (Nazaryan). Boyle relays in multiple interviews that humans destroy the ecosystem and then feel guilty and try and act as a dominion power over nature resulting in messing up things more. T.C Boyle’s view on human intrusion on animal rights are the driving force behind the themes and

The two articles help readers understand that when man and nature are together they create knowledge and emotions. Both writers describe feelings that one might feel when in touch with nature; in different ways, both elaborate on the fact that if man and nature were to disconnect then an imbalance would occur. “The river was

After reading the book Against The Tide by Cornelia Dean I think that the national policy for governing developing coastlines should be dependent on an areas geologic features. In order to do this, government officials would have to evaluate and create detailed reports to battle erosion in specific areas rather than simply proposing a project that worked in a different place. In terms of development, I think that if a project is going to be undertaken over a large area coastal geologists and engineers should make small-scale models of the region containing the planned infrastructure. After a few years, the isolated small scale should be observed for long-term effects so that they are known before construction begins. Additionally, if the

In fact, by attempting to glamourize suffering by portraying it superficially, writers may lose the connection with us that appreciates literature. Instead, what we are left with is an over extended attempt to glorify suffering, or hide it within a guise of reality that is too savage to be true. Instead of the appreciative feeling that reality imbues within me as a reader, I am left with a sense of disgust, confusion and dissatisfaction. This feeling almost overwhelmed me while reading Adiga’s “The White Tiger” and it tainted my experience with the book. Adiga had written the novel without any firsthand experience in the rural areas of India to which his main character referred to as the darkness. Instead, being of a higher class, his accounts were based on second or third hand experiences which do not adequately depict the lower class’ realities. I found the following depiction of India’s ghettos both farcically unrealistic and eventually

In American Literature many authors write about nature and how nature affects man's lives. In life, nature is an important part of people. Many people live, work, or partake in revelry in nature. Nature has received attention from authors spanning several centuries. Their attitudes vary over time and also reflect the different outlooks of the authors who chose to discuss this important historical movement. A further examination of this movement, reveals prevalence of nature's influence on man and how it affects their lives.

The novel “Life of Pi” illustrates the life of a character named Pi during his 227 days lost at sea. There is a strong connection between the author Yann Martel and the characters and setting in the story “Life of Pi.” Martel’s time spent in India was the major influence for this book as many of the characters and story are influenced by his experiences in India. The animals in the book, which play a major part in the story, are influenced primarily from Martel’s visit to the Trivandrum Zoo, which contains all the animals in the story except the orangutan. Religion also plays a major role in the story, which is influenced from Martel’s visit to India as he learned about the religious culture of India. Although Martel did not directly experience the events that occurred in “Life of Pi,” his time spent in India helped to influence his work.