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    realize that the world is not as it seemed to be when they were younger. They get more independent and their perspective of life changes. They will have to realize that they are not going to live forever. In the short story The Hurt Man, written by Wendell Berry and published in 2003, we meet Mat who learns all of this. During the short story Mat is growing up. He is born unexpected but he is still very much appreciated. His parents watch him closely so he does not get hurt but this change as he becomes

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    The Agricultural Crisis by Wendell Berry In this novel by Wendell Berry, Berry’s describes in his thesis that modern culture is destroying the agricultural culture. He feels that technology is seen as the easy way to produce food faster and more efficiently. With this modern way of farming comes the idea that hard work is not needed to make a living. The goal is comfort and leisure. Berry feels that this is the reason for the deterioration of the agricultural culture. He believes that hard

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    The environment pays a big price for this, as these corporations do not find it important to put aside some funds to take care of it. This has caused people like Mr. Wendell Berry to speak out. In this essay, we analyze his interview with Bill Moyers and examine how this impacts us from a Christian perspective. Mr. Wendell Berry, an 82 year old from Kentucky, is an environmentalist who dedicated his life to fight for this planet.

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    consumerism are only a few topics that Wendell Berry addresses in his book “ What Are People For?”. Berry utilizes a collection of essays, poem critiques and commentaries to convey many of his own values and beliefs on improving the Western lifestyle. Similar to other writers, Berry’s upbringing, occupation and lifestyle greatly influence his writing style and topic choice. Wendell Berry is the epitome of a “Renaissance man” growing up in Port Royal Kentucky, Berry identifies himself as a Poet, Novelist

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    Samantha Lynch 6/2/2013 English 1410 Wendell Berry Essay Marriage At Its Best After writing “Why I Am Not Going To Buy A Computer,” in the 1987 edition of Harper’s, Wendell Berry was critiqued by readers who felts he was using his wife as a “drudge.” Berry writes that, “My wife types my work. She sees things that are wrong and marks them with small checks in the margins. She is my best critic because she is the one most familiar with my habitual errors and weaknesses. She also understands

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    entering more of a modern era with globalization, technology, and freedom, which is caught between modernism and postmodernism. In the confusion between modernism and postmodernism, society is left to wonder what nature really is. In Remembering by Wendell Berry, we hear the story of Andy Catlett and his struggles, when he gets his hand chopped off in a corn picker. We are able to see how he gets passed his problem that is affecting his family as well, and he comes to realize he needs to get passed it

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    In the last part of the chapter, Berry focuses on the improvements of the economy and suggests that a community must be providing individuals with jobs in the community and provide citizens the opportunity to own a small share of the country. The government would deal with this issue by providing job opportunities but taking money away from every individual’s check in order to save it for unemployment and social security. The government gives every person the opportunity to build their own empire

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    technology. They want the latest computer and tablets to do work when they really don’t even need them to write a paper. Wendell Berry, in his essay “Why I am not going to buy a laptop,” presents a strong argument for being off the grid. In 1957 Wendell Berry, brought a typewriter and has produced many successful papers. Having a computer is not a necessity, so I agree with Wendell Berry to not buy a computer. When you’re asked to write a paper to me write means pen and paper. I know it’s possible to

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    chicken comes from? Wendell has written an essay about the importance of getting in touch with food origins “The pleasure of eating” an essay from “What are People for?” publish in 1990 by Wendell Berry. Wendell writes in verity ways of ethos, logos and pathos including examples to connect with the reader and to provide the reader a better idea of how society is not involved with the origins of what they are taking home for dinner; due to their busy lives they have. Wendell Berry starts with ethos

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    “The Want of Peace” Wendell Berry is very many things. He is a poet, novelist, philosopher and a farmer. He was raised in Kentucky and wanted to be a tobacco farmer like his father. He went to the University of Kentucky and received his masters in English and later studied creative writing at Stanford University. Berry has fourteen books of poems, one of them being Openings. This paper will discuss the details in one of these poems. In Wendell Berry’s, Openings, he has a thought-provoking poem entitled

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