The Navajo Creation Myth Analysis

All humans are interested in their origins and trying to account for their existence through creation stories. Native Americans tribes are no different from the rest of humanity. The tribes’ stories explain how people came into existence, how they came to be live on the lands they do and the how people interact with nature and each other. These trends can be seen in the legends of three tribes hailing from New England to the Great Lakes Region.

The legends said that in the morning on the twelfth day, the Navajo people washed themselves thoroughly. The men and women dried their bodies with different cornmeal. When they were done they could hear their Gods coming in the distance. Their Gods were: White Body, Black Body, Blue and Yellow Body. The Gods carried buckskin and ears of corn when they arrived.

Humankind co-exists with the natural world many may say. However, humankind is constantly drifting away from nature, and we as humans no longer interact with the natural world around us. Today most of the society focuses on technology and other aspects that distract us from being in contact with nature. As we grow in our lives we seem to die in our interactions with nature, causing us to become less involved, and then that causes nature to die itself. From us neglecting the environment we suffer great consequences with the natural world and within ourselves. We lack the ability to understand and connect with the environment, and with us not focused on our world we cause it to become into dangerous hands. We no longer should just sit back and

Thoreau’s essay encourages us to explore the relationship between man and nature, to try to find a balance between society and our raw animal nature. He believes that having respect for nature can lead to many benefits in our lives. One benefit is how we learn and understand knowledge. Thoreau often challenged the societal standard of what was seen as intelligence. One challenge is expressed as “For this is the secret of successful sauntering. He who sits still in a house all the time may be the greatest vagrant of all; but the saunterer, in the good sense, is no more vagrant than the meandering river, which is all the while sedulously seeking the shortest course to the sea.” Thoreau later writes, “I am alarmed when it happens that I have walked a mile into the woods bodily, without getting there in spirit. In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society. But it sometimes happens that I cannot easily shake off the village. The

Thoreau shows how we should turn to human nature to find our values, rather than toil: “A stream from the golden mountains flows through our native valleys” (Thoreau 21). The phrase “native valleys” expresses inherent virtue, greatness which is deeply dug in human nature, while “golden mountains” convey the value of human nature, worth more than any material object. Thoreau’s metaphor implies that infinite wealth is found within humanity, accessible by those who break the chains of society and look towards

Henry David Thoreau, in his book of Walden or Life in the Woods, he asserts that we don’t think for ourselves and that we create habits by following the society system. Thoreau claims, that we live only to commit ourselves to labor to accumulate wealth and property. As Thoreau says, “The mass of man lead lives of quiet desperation” in this quote he means that we choose to slave ourselves, because we see limited choices but yet we have an infinite will of choice. Thoreau method to avoid living a life with habits and labor, is by not committing to things that are uncertain to us.

Are Invasive Species good for us and the environment? No, they are not, Invasive Species may cause many damages not only including the environment but also us. This essay will argue that humans need to take action to solve the problem because Invasive Species cause miserable endings. If humans don’t do something about Invasive Species, we can all be in danger. According to environmentalscience.org, “Some are transported to new places and established intentionally, but with unforeseen consequences” (Hill 2018).

As Thoreau headed out to the woods to be alone and away from society, he found himself, seeing the hustle and bustle the people in the town. Behind Emerson and Thoreau’s idea “simplicity” would make this world a better place (1029). Although Thoreau ended up finding himself in a routine that’s when he had to change things up and shift his path. People worry about too many things around them. This world is full of unnecessary material possessions, the latest phone, tablet, car, and clothes among other things. In the busyness of having it all

Over the past couple of years, humans have managed to alter our landscape in various ways. As our population and sense of creation increases, we get the urge to expand our living and build up new technology alongside with it. Although this gradual change seems like a natural path for us to take, it also poses as a great threat. We are rapidly using all of our resources and by doing so, we continue to harm the environment in which we live in and also for future generations to come. If it wasn’t actions such as President Ulysses S. Grant signing for Yellow Stone to be the first national park or the Wilderness Act in 1964( NTL PARKS VIDEO); Our environment as we know it today, will not have some of its beautiful wilderness or protected areas that

Every life form all over the world depends on the ecosystem for its survival. However, the ecosystem can be threatened when there is an excess or drop in resources. Many people will argue that human beings are the primary cause of this economic imbalance but are people the root of this problem? No. There is evidence that invasive species all over the country has also threatened our ecosystem. Invasive species are any living organism such a plants, fungus, insects, and fish just to name a few. Invasive species pose a threat to wildlife in many ways. (“National Wildlife Federation,” 2009) states species brought into an atmosphere that doesn’t have any predators are considered dangerous. They often breed and spread rapidly, assuming control over a region. Local untamed life has no advanced safeguards against the trespasser, and they stand no chance against species that has no predators (p.2). Furthermore, these species invade areas that they aren’t indigenous to and reproduce quickly. To further understand the underlying crux of invasive species and how this matter may come to fruition, I will provide an analogy of an article that addresses this problem, by summarizing and identifying the negative impact invasive species have on the ecosystem.

Ever since the dawn of man, humans have interacted and interfered with nature. Becoming an apex predator means having to push others out of the spotlight; over thousands of years we participated in nature's little game, we learned, we adapted, we survived! Nonetheless, others have not been that lucky. Due to human's creative ability to adapt, humanoids have spread like a wildfire in a field of dry daisies burning any creature that dared to stand in the path. Humans have helped accelerate the new age of extinction for many animal species regardless of whether nature wanted them gone or not. The human race is still developing; so primitive, yet so astute. People continue on, not fully comprehending

The preservation of nature is a very important topic in today’s society. Everywhere from popular media to politics, it is an often debated topic that if not taken seriously, it could mean the end of nature, no, of life itself. Human beings although not always considered directly a part of nature, in reality, are an integral composition of nature itself. However, mankind throughout the centuries has wounded and destroyed nature. If viewed from a broader spectrum, they have been destroying themselves. War, advancements in civilization, industrialization, and many more human developments have brought nature—life itself—to the brink of annihilation. Nature is not only the home of the wildlife that inhabit it, but has been man’s home from their

Just years after the Industrial Revolution, a time at which engineering and the economy became the main concerns of the population, many of the American people forgot the importance of the land that provided the resources that sustained them. In a time where there was believed to be nowhere but society to reside in, few refuted the idea that the wilderness was really so uncivilized. In his 1845 memoir, Henry David Thoreau describes his experiences living in a quaint cabin, “in the wilderness”, alongside Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. Presenting his findings of being self-reliable, Thoreau depicts what his life was like alone in the woods with only nature to ease one’s mind and solitude to provide company. With detailed

Throughout its existence, Earth has always satisfied the needs of living things. As time advanced, so did technology; which increased the use of fossil fuels, mechanics, and more of the Earth’s natural resources. Humans have left their mark in several ways such as, pollution, overpopulation, and deforestation. Though human efforts have been made to improve our ways of abuse to the earth, none could entirely secure the damage made.

Henry David Thoreau, a nineteenth century writer, philosopher, and abolitionist, establishes himself as an outsider, a passionate rebel against the status quo, in a passage from Walden. He writes to explain why he went into the woods to live and left behind what most people would consider civilization. Especially for an audience of contemporaries in the 1850s, before the Civil War, his choice to live in the woods would have been outrageous – even revolutionary. Even today, his choice to live in a small cabin in the woods would be considered counter to the status quo, so the modern audience is also intrigued by his explanation.