The Importance Of Destruction In Our World

A soft, warm breeze brought the smell of rain and wet dirt through my open window. The wind carried summer and spring and winter and fall with it, filling my lungs with the purest air I'd ever breathed. The wind carried no pollution, no smoke, only pure, clean air, untainted by human influence. The breeze seemed to come up from the depths of the earth. Everything was silent, and beautiful. I imagined rolling fields of grass that went on for miles, and when I opened my eyes, I looked down at the black, oily concrete and saw grass, pushing its way through faster than I ever thought possible. The concrete shattered and crumbled to dust as the grass overcame the cement streets and sidewalks. In a matter of minutes, all of the streets were gone, replaced by vibrant green grass that looked soft to the

As humans began to develop, the need to expand increased. Some of this increase causes nature to be destroyed on the very foundation in which the new buildings and complexes are built. In the two pieces of writing, The Serpents of Paradise by Edward Abbey and Wasteland: An Elegy by Mary Oliver, the authors examine their own personal experiences with nature. In order to show that humans should respect and are connected to nature, the authors narrate their story in first person, but choose different approaches to aspects such as tone and the use of pathos.

Objects in the garden that reflect the reality of the lot and not the fantasy of the garden are not transformed into bigger than life images, but silent, unseeing objects. Abandoned cars, weeds, and rotting wood close their eyes and sleep. Sleeping, these objects are hidden, unable to see themselves or others in the garden. “ worms blind and afraid of the light” and “ spiders” hide under the surface of the garden, unable to see the reality of the lot (paragraph 4).

If we take a glance at the world we live in today, we can recognize that people are different from one another in physical and psychological ways. Since this is the case, people possess the ability to develop different ideas even if they deal with the same topic. This can be seen through the one thing that everyone in this world holds in common, which is that we are all living beings that will eventual experience death. Even though we all share the same characteristics of being alive and will eventually face death, there are many different ideas of what will happen to someone after death. The movie “Unmistaken Child”, demonstrates one idea of what the Tibetan Buddhist Monks believes happens to someone after death.

Or does it make a truer picture if we imagine the newborn child as a blank slate upon which the harshness of experience soon prints its indelible and frightening patterns?

The interconnection between the human race and nature is complex, and can be interpreted an infinite amount of ways. Mark Jenkins’ ‘King of the Dirtbags’ and Wendell Berry’s ‘An Entrance to the Woods’ are both very similar in the ways they represent philosophical ideas regarding the relationship between the modern man and nature. Both literary pieces discuss the benefits of simplicity, and explain how mankind has a tendency to overcomplicate much of what they develop. The two authors also share the idea in their writings that the ability to adapt to different environments is a crucial trait in evolution and progression as a society. Another major concept that is prevalent in both of the author’s pieces is that man must be able to reach beyond his comfort zone to understand nature’s consistency throughout time.

Leonard Mlodinow said, “Politicians often misuse science for political ends and to pursue their own agenda.” (2015). Science can be misused for gain, profit and destruction. This fact of life is clearly demonstrated throughout history, such as through excessive technological developments and through the splitting of the atom which has caused more devastation than good. Although these were all intended to be good and of benefit to the world, they have been abused and contaminated by some. Brian Caswell’s novel A Cage of Butterflies explores the scientific research on two groups of children, the teenagers in the ‘think tank’ and the ‘Babies.’ A Cage of Butterflies, while fictitious, explores the poor treatment of

Nature is not altered by humanity and instead is pure, creating inspiration for people to be original. Nature is “the greatest delight which the fields and woods minister, in the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable” (Nature 221). People who believe in transcendence see the importance

The period between the fifteenth and sixteenth century was an era of European expansion on the Western World. Europeans have made many discoveries during their travels and also influenced every civilizations they had come across. This period of expansion, however, can be seen more as an age of destruction rather than an age of discovery. The Europeans have left a trail of negative effects on every route they took – the Americas, Africa, and including their own continent, Europe.

Although many scientists regret making the bomb, the U.S. used to cause death and destruction. When the weapon was made, Great Britain and the United States gathered together to see where they would drop the bomb, which caused a great deal of fighting. (Gonzales 86) The atomic bomb remained safely in an old barn, where the scientists could assemble it and drop it on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The United States chose to bomb Hiroshima because it was vital to Japan's war effort. (Gonzales 89) “On August 6, the Glory Boys of the 509th were finally called into action.” (Gonzales 90) Inside the 509th there stayed 12 scientists in the plane, who continued completing the partially finished bomb because if something went wrong in the plane,the Tinian

War did not only obliterate the flesh of men; it destroyed the very essence of humanity within individuals. In the book All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque impeccably illustrated the destructive nature of war. Remarque demonstrated the obliteration that follows war through the physical disfigurement of the soldiers and battlefield, through the mental scarring of soldiers young and old, and through the annihilation of all emotional bonds from before and after the war.

The destruction of the Earth’s environment is known by almost every human alive. Our planet is time and again being attacked by the dominant human race. People treat the earth as if it does not have a role in our survival as a species. This assault on the environment has been going on for centuries and has brought about consequences that many of us cannot even fathom. If the world is anything like the environment depicted in the novel He, She, and It, the world we know today will be seen as a haven. The environment in the novel as horrible as it may be, is not far from reality. Deterioration of the earth’s environment, population growth, depletion of our resources and world poverty are all issues that point to the future shown in He, She and It. The possibility that we could annihilate ourselves has never been more real. However, our species is one of the most adaptable creatures on Earth, and with our developing technology we might just be able to salvage the world we have left.

An individual's relationship with landscape is determined by the impact of past experiences and environment. As a result of interactions between a landscape and evaluation upon the particular landscape, a relationship can both include enriching yet uneasy aspects. Frank Darabont’s film “Shawshank Redemption” explores peoples initial perception and thought as a response to their surroundings as a result of past experiences.However, these individuals are challenged to accept beneficial features of a particular landscape through this relationship. It is dependent on past experiences and thought which determines a relationship between an individual and a landscape.

Economic development is not the only cause for environmental destruction. In China, the leader and the people believe in conquering nature and environmental problem will only affect capitalist societies. This mentality shift the society away from environmental protection but instead to focus on economic well being of individual families and the country as a whole. The ideal of human dominance over nature also affected the Roman empire. Bestiarii cause large scale animal depletion and lead to extinction of large species.

In the back of my high school, there was a dirt plot, fenced in, covered in weeds, and it was going to concreted over. I walked past the dirt plot and wondered “Why doesn’t anyone do something with it?” I thought about it on the way home from school and I talked to my friends about it. I told them that I wanted to do something with space, we came up with many things to do with the space before but then I realized that we could use the space for a garden. I remembered that I love gardening, when I was young my mom and I would always garden together, we would have the best time harvesting our plants and we bonded so much over our garden.