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A 4 page essay that examines the work of 5 nature writers. Writing that focuses on nature and humanity's relation to it, as well as on the roles of specific animals within it, has been a "recognizable and distinct tradition in English prose" for over two centuries (Elder and Finch 21). Over that period the focus has shifted and changed between authors and perspectives, but it is also true that much has remained the same, particularly in regards to the dangers and fascinations of the wild. This examination of nature writing focuses on what nature writers, over the centuries, have written about the roles that animals have occupied both in nature and in human lives. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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two centuries (Elder and Finch 21). Over that period the focus has shifted and changed between authors and perspectives, but it is also true that much has remained the same,
particularly in regards to the dangers and fascinations of the wild. This examination of nature writing focuses on what nature writers, over the centuries, have written about the roles that
animals have occupied both in nature and in human lives. Many writers have addressed the dangers that large predators represent for the humans that cross their paths. John James
Audubon commented in the early nineteenth century on the fact that the Wolf was universally hated, but that the "husbandman," meaning someone who raise flocks of sheep, harbored a particularly
obsessive hatred against wolves, as this predator would habitual deprive him of his livelihood (Audubon 117). Audubon describes watching as a farmer trapped wolves, hamstrung them and then turned
his dogs on them to be devoured. This essay leads off by recounting how wolves attacked and killed two African American men during this era who were traveling to visit
their sweethearts. But while a pack of wolves attacked these men, devouring one, Mowat, in recording this experiences in the Arctic Circle, relates how he observed a wolves den
at close quarters unmolested, as the wolves did not consider him to be a threat and, obviously, they did not consider him as suitable prey either, as he was not
attacked. Having found these savage killers to be defying his preconceived notions about their behavior and their role in nature, Mowat writes, "I had made my decision that...I would go
open-minded into the lupine world and learn to see and know the wolves, not for what they were supposed to be, but for what they actually were" (Mowat 566).
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