Nature Portfolio- Response to Atlantic Readings
Read
The American Forests- John Muir
The Sound of Trees- Robert Frost
The Divine Soil- John Burroughs
I read “The American Forests” by John Muir, “The Sound of Trees” by Robert Frost, and “The Divine Soil” by John Burroughs from the Atlantic Magazine readings. I think the main focus of all of these together is that a person should be proud of and respect where they are from.
In “The American Forests” the essay is mostly about how Americans killed all of the trees. He describes that the to God, “they were the best he had ever planted.” He goes on to talk about how when the white people came into North America they had no idea what they doing. He states that “any fool can destroy trees,” and urges the government to stop all the destruction of them. He believes that we should respect nature and that our trees were something to be proud of.
In “The Sound of Trees” by Frost, the poem says how the trees make “forever the noise” about trying to leave, but never going. He then goes onto say that this encourages us to leave places like when he says, “My feet tug at the floor and my head sways to my shoulders.” He is annoyed at the endless chatter the trees make about leaving. This relates to the big theme because this author wants the trees to like where they are from and not complain.
Written by John Burroughs, “The Divine Soil” begins with how Darwinism affected people. He says, “Most people were shocked by the thought; it was intensely repugnant to their feelings.” He thinks people look upon nature now as “caste and cheapened.” The distaste of natural things by regular people upsets him very much. Overall he wants doesn’t want people to dislike where they come from, but relish in it and respect it.
In conclusion “The American Forests” by John Muir, “The Sound of Trees” by Robert Frost, and “The Divine Soil” by John Burroughs all describe that people should respect and be proud of where they are from.Words: 355
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