Essay One

He uses Native American symbols such as the tote in his rime to convey the message of how humanity fears spirit and does not care about(predicate) constitution, which leads to various destructions upon it. The common ground between both is that they share the transcendentalist beginning for collarking not to conquer, but rather to live in concordance with it. Thoreau and Snyder both think highly nature and admire its limitless edge and have very strong opinions on how humanity is loosing a thought of self by ignoring the beauty of nature. Thoreau states, When the whole body is one sense, and imbibes ravish done every pore.I go and come with a strange liberty, n Nature, a part of herself (Thoreau 379). He describes a deep connect as he inspects all of the elements around him, L see nothing especial(a) to attract me, all the elements are unusually congenial to me (Thoreau 379). Nature is gratifying therefore he is attracted to everything nature has to offer. Senders appro ach to his connection setting a theme that is centered on the premise that the American government is destroying the environs of their land by deforestation and control of the environment.He stresses how nature is not world protected and ultimately leading to destruction, Who use iron leg-traps n Coyotes (Snyder 1 1). He stresses iron leg traps that kill coyotes the coyotes represent the destruction of nature and its inhabitants. That animals such as the coyote have no where to go at once their home is destroyed, while the supporters of the deforestation continue progressing from area to area in North America. Snyder wants the audience to feel empathy for the environment and the animals living in it through this theme.Thoreau argues how humans are sometimes afraid of nature I view that men are generally still afraid of the dark (Thoreau 380). He reminds the reader that nature is The nigh sweet and tender, the most innocent and that, on that point can be no black melancholy to him who lives in the center of nature (Thoreau 380). While Thoreau has a more than philosophical approach to his commentary of nature while Snyder adds a sense of urgency And the Coyote tattle / is shut a focusing / for they fear / the call / of the wild (Snyder 28-30).Snyder says they fear and behave little attention to the calling and consider its worth less than it is. And they sell their virgin cedar trees / the tallest in miles / TO a logger / Who old them / Trees unspoilt of bugs (Snyder 33-37). The logger is trying to off a bargain for a much(prenominal) lower price on the cedar trees and adds how the Trees are full of bugs (Snyder 37). Senders fierceness on the ironic statement of the logger represents the ignorance of the individuals that do not respect the wild.Both writers help the reader understand how the wilderness is meant to be changing the port people think about the natural world, one can besides change the way they act. Humans can discover a innovat ive way of interacting with the environment through the con mention and sympathy to state of wards stupefy Nature. Thoreau like Snyder also had strong arguments on how family is distracted and is in need for a spiritual awakening which nature can offer. For the most part we allow only outlying and transient circumstances to make our occasions. They are, in fact, the cause of our distraction When I compare mystified other men, it seems as If were more favored by the gods than they, beyond any deserts that I am conscious of (Thoreau 380). He measures his spiritual level on a superior level and considers it a rewarding and a cure experience. l was suddenly sensible of such wet and beneficent society in Nature (Thoreau 380).He reminds society that they can form a cling with nature the way he has and how they will benefit greatly from it. Snyder is more direct with society and targets individuals who reside in the city All these Americans up in special cities in the sky / Dumping poisons and explosives / Across Asia stolon / and next North America (Snyder 57-61 The urban individuals also kill nature and pay no attention to nature and then states, A war against earth (Snyder 62). Snyder implies that human kind is at war with earth.In Solitude by Thoreau and Call of the Wild by Snyder the writers argue similar topics, but the way they each present the topics varies and when analyzing both one can truly see the essence of nature from a philosophical and an activist as puff up an ecological view.