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Living Wild. Living Wild Humanity prides itself on all of its accomplishments
throughout history: our advances physically, mentally, socially. ...
... Huck grew up living wild out in the open, just going as he pleased. Now he living
in a house, with two ladies that are very strict with manners. ...
... Huck grew up living wild out in the open, just going as he pleased. Now he living
in a house, with two ladies that are very strict with manners. ...
... to go to adventure of a lifetime, tramping his was across the western United States
with the final goal of his adventure, living alone in the wild of Alaska. ...
... Pearl Prynne is an unearthly beautiful child with a wild spirit born under ... Hawthorne's
The Scarlet Letter, Pearl serves as Hester's living, breathing Scarlet ...
Submitted by gimme2gimme2 on February 28, 2006
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Living Wild
Humanity prides itself on all of its accomplishments throughout history: our advances physically, mentally, socially. More importantly, we pride ourselves on the way that we have changed the world around us, the way we've made life easier with all of our advances technologically. However, there are those among us that wish to pride themselves on how we used to be as a culture, on our ability to live off the land, rather than changing it to suit our needs. It is these people that truly appreciate the idea of nature and its ability for self-survival, to exist without the guiding hand of man. While some tend to admire and focus on the wildness associated with nature's vegetation, there are others that see the beauty and mysteriousness among nature's living creatures.
In his essay entitled "The Water-Ouzel," John Muir conveys his idea of true perfection and beauty that he sees in this native bird of the Yosemite Valley. Though he finds uniqueness among all of nature's creatures, of "all the mountain birds, none has cheered [him] so much in [his] lonely wanderings, -none so unfailingly" (258). One of the prideful attributes that Muir sees in the water-ouzel is its dependability to always be found. He can be found in heat or storm, calm or storm, always singing, even "attuning his voice in sure accord" (258). One could name countless phrases or examples from Muir that attempt to capture and convey his appreciation for nature, but no words can truly show his love of wildness except for his understanding of the water-ouzel's flight path. Muir has described to the reader that the water-ouzel remains close to the water, "never [singing] in chorus with other birds, nor with his kind, but only with the streams. Ironically, born in Scotland, Muir's observations of the water-ouzel contributed to an understanding of the glacial formation of Yosemite Valley. Following the ouzel's movements, Muir noted that if one were to trace the path of...
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