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The Lost Trees - Online Term Paper

The Lost Trees

The double shame in man's war against man is the residual effect on
nature; an innocent , helpless bystander. The sense of potential
devastation is the prevailing tone throughout the poem, "Gathered by the
River," by Denise Levertov.
The spoliation caused by nuclear war is not limited to the loss of
human lives. Nature can take a comparable amount of time to recover from a
nuclear holocaust. The impact of war victims to humankind is negligible as
compared to years of recovery required to reinstate the slow-growing trees.
When Levertov notes, "the trees are not indifferent" (l 13), she is saying
that nature has a huge stake in the outcome of man's tendency towards ...

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of nature. For example, we now know how the destruction of
the rain forest in South America is affecting the percentage of oxygen
available around the globe. Man's wholesale destruction of these areas for
financial gain, despite the negative results, is a study of the nature of
man's inhumanity to man. Do we not all breathe, even those who fell the
trees?
Man is not completely in control, however. Nature's ability to
wreak havoc on the environment of all living things in the form of
earthquakes, floods, and other natural disasters should be a wake-up call
to humankind. Is this nature's way of reminding us where the true control
lies?
I think the answer lies in education. I think an International
Environmental Awareness Bureau should be established to provide education
on a worldwide basis. Subjects could include global warming, air and water
pollution, overpopulation, and other environmentally sensitive issues. If
the education can start at an early age, a generation of ...

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Added: 10/10/2007 04:53:27 AM
Category: Poetry & Poets
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 485
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