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    Woods by Richard Louv utilizes rhetorical questions‚ anecdote‚ and repetition to convey his message about the separation between humans and nature. In the passage he utilizes rhetorical questions and asks two in particular to really get the audience thinking. "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?" Louv asks these questions

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    `Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv It is rather difficult to comprehend out society today. We strive to define ourselves as individuals yet many times we conform to the norm in an effort to fit in. We look for the best in technology with cellphones‚ televisions and vehicles‚ sometimes forgetting to just enjoy the simplicity of nature. It is bitter sweet really‚ watching our world advance so quickly in technology‚ but with that leaving the natural world behind. Today‚ human connection with

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    “Lost Child in the Woods” by Richard Louv details today’s newest technology to discuss the widening gap between man and nature. Louv uses an anecdote‚ provides the reader with metaphors‚ and creates a hypothetical situation to develop his argument The reason Louv gives for writing this passage is that of a friends recent visit to the car dealership. During her visit‚ when prompted about a backseat entertainment system for her car she replied she did not want one and “the salesman’s jaw dropped.”

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    Woods by Richard LouvLouv 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

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    In the article‚ “Leave No Child Inside” by Richard Louv‚ he talks about children and their relationship with nature and the outdoors. Louv is the author behind the book‚ “Last Child in the Woods” which relates to this article because he wrote about how kids always stay inside instead of going outside. He states in the article that kids today are so hooked on TV and their electronics thats they don’t get to experience the childhood that their parents had when they were kids. Part of that has to

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    In the essay‚ Last Child‚ by Richard Louv‚ he discusses the impact of modern technology on the children. It talks about how many parts of nature have become synthetic with the addition of ads and posted everywhere. The essay also talks about how for kids today‚ the idea of being in nature‚ is optional. Before nature played such a major role in society‚ kids played outside more and were more in touch with their natural surroundings. While riding in cars‚ kids used to look out the windows for entertainment

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    A sensory system consists of the five main senses: sight‚ hearing‚ smell‚ touch and taste. Each individual sense posses their own advantages and disadvantages‚ but all are crucial to a person’s survival. However‚ many individuals still take these natural gifts for granted. This is where the same question continues to surface; “if you had to give up one of your senses‚ which one would you select?” In other words‚ which sense could a person do best without? I think about this every single time I spend

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    Plato’s Republic addresses Rand’s notion of the "sense of life" . Primarily‚ we need to address what exactly Rand’s notion of the "sense of life" is. As described by William R. Thomas’s essay titled "Why Foes Anyone Need a Philosophy"‚ the notion "...reflects the fundamental ways you relate to the world and other people; it is your intuitive feeling of how things are and how they ought to be" (Thomas‚ p 2). According to Thomas‚ this is how "we experience...philosophical convictions" (Thomas‚ p 2)

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    or modalities‚ six of these being the five sense organs plus the mind‚ or "inner sense‚" and the other six being the objects of each of these. The Eighteen Factors of Cognition Consciousness | Sense Organ | Object | Consciousness | | Eye | Material Shapes | Visual | | Ear | Sounds | Auditory | | Nose | Smells | Olfactory | | Tongue | Tastes | Gustatory | | Body | Tangibles | Tactile | | Mind Mental | Objects | Mental | (Senses+object)+interpretation=Perception. Perception+mental

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    Disjunction of Senses in Modern City life In his chapter “City Life and the Senses‚” John Urry discusses how the senses system operates in “open societies” of streams of crowds in open space. The five senses are comprised by the visual‚ auditory‚ touch‚ taste‚ and olfactory. Urry views visuality as an ambivalent force that is prioritized above the other sense through the developments of centuries and somewhat abused by as visual sense becomes increasingly accelerated in the city life dominated by

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