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