The Death of Timothy Treadwell: the Relation of the Grizzly Man with Nature
THE DEATH OF TIMOTHY TREADWELL: THE RELATION OF THE GRIZZLY MAN WITH NATURE
A person’s life is full of tragedies and experiences. When people try to do or achieve something, they are forced to face hard times in their lives, which later become experiences of life. For others, those experiences leave some morals to learn. Something similar to this happens with Timothy Treadwell and his death which leaves a message for the world. Timothy Treadwell goes to Alaska to live with grizzly bears where he spends thirteen summers of his life. According to him, he is the only friend and care taker of bears but the reality is different from his thoughts. As he thinks himself differently as a care taker of bears, he goes against the nature without thinking about its system of operation, crosses many boundaries and tries to create humans’ world where he expects everything he wants. Timothy Treadwell’s life shows a very deep relationship between his life and nature. In this essay, I will write about the relation of Treadwell to nature. I will argue that Treadwell tries to control the nature, crosses boundaries between human and nature and creates his own world. Moreover, I will focus on his death and how he ironically becomes the part of nature he disagrees with.
Throughout the story of the Grizzly Man, Timothy Treadwell portrays himself as the lover, protector, care taker and god of the bears but he actually goes opposite to all these characteristics. He always says that he loves the bears and he would die for them. He also shows himself a strongest person and to prove this, he goes near the bears to touch them. He himself creates the chances for his death even though he knows that if he goes near the bears, they can kill him. Timothy says, “If I show weakness, I’m dead, they will take me out, they will decapitate me, they will chop me up into bits and pieces” (Dewberry). He knows that he could be dead but still he tries to go near to bears. This is one of the reasons of his
A person’s life is full of tragedies and experiences. When people try to do or achieve something, they are forced to face hard times in their lives, which later become experiences of life. For others, those experiences leave some morals to learn. Something similar to this happens with Timothy Treadwell and his death which leaves a message for the world. Timothy Treadwell goes to Alaska to live with grizzly bears where he spends thirteen summers of his life. According to him, he is the only friend and care taker of bears but the reality is different from his thoughts. As he thinks himself differently as a care taker of bears, he goes against the nature without thinking about its system of operation, crosses many boundaries and tries to create humans’ world where he expects everything he wants. Timothy Treadwell’s life shows a very deep relationship between his life and nature. In this essay, I will write about the relation of Treadwell to nature. I will argue that Treadwell tries to control the nature, crosses boundaries between human and nature and creates his own world. Moreover, I will focus on his death and how he ironically becomes the part of nature he disagrees with.
Throughout the story of the Grizzly Man, Timothy Treadwell portrays himself as the lover, protector, care taker and god of the bears but he actually goes opposite to all these characteristics. He always says that he loves the bears and he would die for them. He also shows himself a strongest person and to prove this, he goes near the bears to touch them. He himself creates the chances for his death even though he knows that if he goes near the bears, they can kill him. Timothy says, “If I show weakness, I’m dead, they will take me out, they will decapitate me, they will chop me up into bits and pieces” (Dewberry). He knows that he could be dead but still he tries to go near to bears. This is one of the reasons of his
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