This method is an essential component to good communication and especially important if there is a problem to be solved. Cronon goes on to say that liberally educated people can talk with anyone‚ “They can hold a conversation with a high school dropout or a Nobel laureate‚ a child or a nursing- home resident‚ a factory worker or a corporate president. Moreover‚ they participate
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education…we use these words to describe an educational tradition that celebrates and nurtures human freedom…. Freedom and growth: here‚ surely‚ are values that lie at the very core of what we mean when we speak of a liberal education.”[1] I agree with Cronon that liberally educated people have greater freedom or flexibility of mind‚ which allows greater opportunity for growth. A person who has been exposed to diverse subjects and disciplines can’t help but have some understanding of how much there is
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since the beginning of time. People have also been constantly been adapting to what the environment has given them in multiple ways. There are several sources‚ which have been read in class‚ to appropriately support such observations. As William Cronon writes in Changes in the Land‚ “the shift from Indian to European dominance in New England entailed important changes…in the ways these peoples organized their lives‚ but also involved fundamental reorganizations…in the region’s plant and animal communities
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to Human Ecology reader (5th revised edition) edited by Clark. You are also asked to acquire one of seven other books to be used in recitation for the oral book presentation and book paper. The seven are Savages by Kane‚ Changes in the Land by Cronon‚ The Big Thirst by Fishman‚ Tomatoland by Estabrook‚ Legacy of Luna by Hill‚ Plastic: A Toxic Love Story by Freinkel and Sleeping Nude is Green by Farquharson. They are all available at NJ Books and B & N. Requirements Both lectures have
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In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ Mark Twain utilizes the archetypes of the Unwilling Hero‚ the Shape Shifter‚ and Haven vs. Wilderness to show that Huck Finn and Jim can find freedom all along the banks of the Mississippi River. Huck portrays the unwilling hero because he puts a lot of thought into something before he does it‚ even though it will benefit everybody. He is also very hesitant to perform heroic acts. The King and Duke show the archetype of the shape shifter because
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The Wilderness as a Shelter from the Real World When we think of the wilderness‚ we often think of danger. Humans’ attempt to explore and interfere with the wilderness almost always results in tragedy‚ especially in a place like Antarctica. Angels in America‚ however‚ offers a different but interesting perspective of this ice desert. Harper‚ in terror of losing her family‚ finds shelter in Antarctica. This icy land becomes a cocoon that protects her from all the sadness and terror that she is
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Thesis: Charles Mann attempts to refute the argument that “native Americans came across the Bering Strait 20‚000 to 25‚000 years ago and had so little impact on their environment that even after millennia of habitation the continents remain mostly wilderness. Introduction: Holmberg’s Mistake: After being with the Indians known as the “Siriono‚” he described them as non-changing/advancing people - “culturally-backward.” Part 1: Numbers from Nowhere - Humans arrived in the Americas earlier than thought
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Composition II Rhetorical Analysis of an argument March 11‚ 2012 “A Blizzard under blue sky” The story “A Blizzard under blue sky” by Pam Houston is about a woman who is not happy and very depressed. She makes a decision to go out into the wilderness. The woman believes that this adventure is the best cure for her even if it means death. She refuses to take any drugs that her doctor tries to prescribe her. She suffers from depression. Her friend Alex is very concerned about his friend and
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as a tragic hero who lived the unmediated life that he wanted to and which he died trying to. Many Alaskans see him as an unprepared fool who didn’t see what the wilderness really was in which he wanted to commune with. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer goes through the story of Chris McCandless and his adventure into the Alaskan wilderness. He retraces the steppes that Chris that led up to him going missing in Alaska. Even though Chris did what he loved‚ he did not die a hero. You might be able to see
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journey through the American West and his final meeting with other person before he enters the Alaskan wilderness. Similarly‚ the book Everett Ruess describes a journey of daring young explorer‚
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