Sunday, February 26, 2012

INTRODUCTION/PEACH BLOSSOM

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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