"Stickeen"‚ by John Muir‚ The Best American Essays of the Century. "Stickeen"‚ by John Muir is an essay recounting the author’s experience exploring the Alaskan terrain in 1880. It also recounts his fascination with his four-legged companion‚ Stickeen who serves as somewhat of a guide. In the essay‚ the author tells the reader about his experience and hardship while trekking the Alaskan terrain. I found this essay rather poignant and sentimental in value. The author describes in detail of
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I would consider the summer of 2014 to be the best and worst summer of my life. A friend and I had saved money all year so that as soon as the biggest accomplishment of our life was achieved we could treat ourselves to Myrtle Beach‚ South Carolina. There is nothing better than sand between your toes‚ and waves crashing into you after finishing thirteen years of the public school system. All of that sounds really great except for the fact that I am extremely terrified of sea life. This specific beach
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2013 was my first summer with Inlet. Due to being so young‚ I was advice to only participate in the first 2 weeks. Back then I was a hip hop dancer‚ I didn’t know what modern was nor did I ever take a modern class. I remember walking in feeling nervous but as soon as I saw everyone hugging each other‚ I knew this was where I belonged. In 2014‚ I decided that I wanted to come back to Inlet for another summer. I also knew that I wanted to stay for the whole time‚ but sadly that wasn’t exactly an
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“Calypso Borealis” and “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” are two very descriptive pieces of writing but are written from two different point of views and angles. Muir writes about his personal emotions through his journeys in nature‚ whereas Wordsworth describes his emotions by comparing them to nature. The two authors have expressed their relationships with nature by vividly describing their emotions and their environment giving the reader the ability to envision the text. “I Wandered Lonely as a
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involved‚ that was when I thought of my topic‚ John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt‚ working together to preserve nature. John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt interested me because of how influential they were in establishing national parks. I asked myself questions such as why did John Muir fight for preserving nature‚ and who did he work with to get national parks established‚ to guide my research. I began my research by gathering basic information on who John Muir was and his relationship with Theodore
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writers more passionate about the natural environment than John Muir and Edward Abbey. Both Muir in a section from his book A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf and Abbey in a chapter titled Polemic: Industrial Tourism and the National Parks channel anger and frustration at the environmental policies of their time into literature that argues fervently for preservation of national parks and other areas of wilderness. In Hetch Hetchy Valley‚ Muir reverently describes in vivid detail the beautiful landscape
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Thesis Statement‚ Opening Paragraph‚ evidence & conclusion REVISED While both poets Muir and Wordsworth wrote about the happy feelings that they have towards nature the beautiful outdoors or what some people may say Mother Nature‚ some of which the feelings are the same and some that are different as they speak of the different plants. In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.” - John Muir Nature does not only show the beauty of the Earth‚ but it shows the beauty within us
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The Wild Muir‚ written by Lee Stetson in 1994‚ is a collection of twenty-two of John Muir’s (Dunbar‚ 1838 – Los Angeles‚ 1914) most exciting and breath-taking adventures. From its famous‚ close encounter with a Sierra Bear‚ described as the “sequoia of the animals”‚ to his dangerous fights with venomous rattlesnakes in the Cañons. The climbing of the monstrous ice cone beneath the Yosemite Falls‚ or when he almost lost of his life in a well due to the inhalation of a carbonic acid gas settled at
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1 5/4/15 Comparing essay and poetry The two authors John Muir and William Wordsworth are two authors that write two different types of literature‚ one being poetry and the other being essays. These two illustrative literature artists both included nature in their writings. They say that poetry and essays are completely different but on the other hand they have similarities. In the essay "Calypso Borealis" written by John Muir he compared his life and his feelings to the world around him
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For freshman year‚ my home‚ along with 119 others‚ is the connection dorm Sierra Madre‚ Tower 5. Within every room is a different dorm experience. Room placement‚ layout‚ decorations‚ amount of persons living together‚ light exposure‚ and neighbors all are factors that contribute to everyone’s first year at Cal Poly. Unlike the classic‚ beautiful appearance of the red-bricked dorms‚ Sierra Madre towers are dull‚ concrete boxes that resemble prisons without bars on the windows. My room is a double
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