Summary Of Last Child In The Woods By Richard Louv
In this passage of Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv, Louv develops his argument about the separation between people and nature. Louv believes there is a separation of advertising and nature, and that advertising in nature does not close the gap of separation between nature and people. Louv’s strategic writing conveys his argument. Simulating or using nature as an advantage prevents true appreciation of nature. Louv refers to Richtel; “Sponsorship-wise, it's time for nature to carry its weight.” By Louv including quotes from them, the opposing view is revealed. This also sets up the argument that Louv will make in lines 17-19; “But the logical extension of synthetic nature is the irrelevance of ‘true’ nature- the certainty that
it's not even worth looking at.” Ignoring nature is the new norm in society today. Louv shows this norm through an anecdote of a woman buying a new car and when she said no to a tv monitor for her daughter in the backseat, she got a shocked response from the salesman. “The salesman’s jaw dropped when I said I didn’t want a backseat television monitor for my daughter.” The anecdote illustrates the commonality of the systems and the abnormality when people decide not to feel the same. People are now raising children with a separation from nature just as they are separated.
Nature is not seen as it used to be, and the difference in how nature is viewed will likely change in the future. His first two sentences in the third paragraph contain parallel structure to show the irony of what is said about nature and how nature really is treated. He asks, “Why do so many Americans say they want their children to watch less TV, yet continue to expand the opportunities for them to watch it? More important, Why do so many people no longer consider the physical world worth watching?” He is using the structure of his questions to show the irony of how people treat nature nowadays. Louv suggests that the separation between people and nature may worsen in the future by proposing a hypothetical situation. “Perhaps someday we’ll tell our grandchildren stories about our version of the nineteenth-century Conestoga wagon…’We actually looked out the car window.” The hypothetical speech creates nostalgic memories for the audience. Louv is suggesting that just as Conestoga is gone, the connection of nature may be gone furthermore in the future as well.
it's not even worth looking at.” Ignoring nature is the new norm in society today. Louv shows this norm through an anecdote of a woman buying a new car and when she said no to a tv monitor for her daughter in the backseat, she got a shocked response from the salesman. “The salesman’s jaw dropped when I said I didn’t want a backseat television monitor for my daughter.” The anecdote illustrates the commonality of the systems and the abnormality when people decide not to feel the same. People are now raising children with a separation from nature just as they are separated.
Nature is not seen as it used to be, and the difference in how nature is viewed will likely change in the future. His first two sentences in the third paragraph contain parallel structure to show the irony of what is said about nature and how nature really is treated. He asks, “Why do so many Americans say they want their children to watch less TV, yet continue to expand the opportunities for them to watch it? More important, Why do so many people no longer consider the physical world worth watching?” He is using the structure of his questions to show the irony of how people treat nature nowadays. Louv suggests that the separation between people and nature may worsen in the future by proposing a hypothetical situation. “Perhaps someday we’ll tell our grandchildren stories about our version of the nineteenth-century Conestoga wagon…’We actually looked out the car window.” The hypothetical speech creates nostalgic memories for the audience. Louv is suggesting that just as Conestoga is gone, the connection of nature may be gone furthermore in the future as well.