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An 8 page essay that contrasts and compares three very different texts. The writer points out that Reeling in Russia, The Riverkeepers, and The Earth is Enough: Growing up in a World of Fly Fishing, Trout & Old Men were all published in the late 1990s and all deal with ecological concerns. These books dramatize the crucial nature of environmental protection and humanize it by tying ecological concerns to the emotions and activities of the people who live in and depend on the environments in question. No additional sources cited.
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in the late 1990s and all deal with ecological concerns. These books dramatize the crucial nature of environmental protection and humanize it by tying ecological concerns to the emotions and
activities of the people who live in and depend on the environments in question. Transition is a fundamental theme in each text, whether it pertains to the people changing to
meet new circumstances, or the environment in flux from the activities of humanity. these texts dramatize the fact that world is very seldom stagnant. There is always transition, but whether
or not these transitions are moving toward the positive or sliding further and further into negative conditions is largely a function of the actions of humanity in relation to its
only home. In The Earth is Enough, Middleton and Chatham (1996) provide a poignant memoir of a boyhood on a farm in the Ozark foothills. This is a
coming of age story that shows a young man in transition between his troubled past and the off-beat standards of his guardians, two old men who seem as old as
the hills they farm. Following the lead of his guardians, the boy learns to trust the earth and the natural flow of life. There is a telling section in
the book that displays the attitudes of the old men, Emerson and Albert, towards the thousand acres of Ozark land that is in their care. The old men
are talking with a man, Wayne Durham, who represents the mainstream view of how they should be utilizing their property. First of all, he calls their land
"totally worthless" and an "embarrassment," before castigating them for not owning a tractor (Middleton and Chatham, 1996). He points out that they have not only not plowed any acreage,
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