Similarities Between Severin And John Muir

Both stories portrayed different methods of writing. One writting is very figurative and the other is literal but both very descriptive. Both John Muir and Timothy Severin discribed different places John Muir talk about the Yosemite and Timothy Severin talks about the Gobi Desert. They are very descriptive in the words they are choosing and putting them together perfectly. I enjoyed reading each article because of their unique ways of painting a picture with words.

John Muir used a lot of figuarative language he called the Yosemite a she. He spoke of it like if it like he knew every inch about it he left no detail out. He said that the "they are so compactly and harmoniously aranged"(The Incomparable Yosemite). Then later stated