The Introduction to the Land article asked a lot of questions about
nature. It asked questions like “Is the natural world primarily to be viewed as
something to use?” or “Is the natural world something to be conquered?” I
pondered quite a bit on these questions. I do believe that we should use
nature, without it I wouldn’t have anything. Most everything I own started out
as something in nature. On the same time we still need nature for its beauty.
The world would not be the same without the scenic rainforest, or even the
everyday flowers, trees, and animals we see.
The story
Peach Blossom Spring is about a fisherman that found a beautiful village full
of striking nature. Everyone in this village was carefree and happy. The people
were very nice to this fisherman they invited him to their houses and fed him.
When it was time for him to leave, the villagers told the fisherman not to tell
anyone about their place. The fisherman went and told the magistrate what he
had found. They tried very hard to find it, but couldn’t. Another man tried to
find it but he died before he could.
I believe
that the moral of this story is that only people that appreciate nature can
have it. The fisherman did not fully appreciate the nature of the village that
is why he couldn’t find it again. I connect this story to the Disney story of Pocahontas. The people in her village
truly did appreciate nature. And it was the nature (or wind) that guided them
through their lives. We should all appreciate nature just like the people in
the story of The Peach Blossom Spring
as well as Pocahontas. If we don’t
appreciate it then we might just lose it.
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