The Abstract Wild

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contribute to the removal of our wild

experience with nature. It is the difference between visiting the Grand Canyon after you have

seen it on TV and read about it in magazines, or never having heard of the place and stumbling

across it on your own during a hike. Unfortunately, almost every wild experience between

nature and the public has been ruined by the media. Through Turner’s story he begins to explain

the idea of the wild and its importance and necessity of human interaction with the wild.

The second chapter contains two major ideas. The first is Turner’s defense and

explanation of the appropriateness of anger. Turner thinks that society wrongly taught the

people to repress and fear their emotions. Turner finds primal emotions to be necessary to our

survival, as well as the survival of the wild. He explains that anger occurs when we defend

something we love or something we feel is sacred. He reminds us to cherish our anger and use it

to fuel rebellion. ...

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of ecosystems, and thus removing the process of wild nature from these ecosystems by

making them dependent on human maintenance. National Forests were created for humans for

recreation and resource utilization. They are literally a business, and only seek to preserve

nature based on anthropocentric needs rather than geocentric needs. Turner claims that true wild

nature does not exist within national forests because they are constantly being tampered with and

altered by humans. Wild nature, however, still exists in more remote wilderness areas.

The third chapter Turner returns to more narrative writing and explains his respect and

love for mountain lions. He expresses a ...

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