The love of nature is paradoxically displayed in Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv; it is easy to claim a love of the surrounding world, however in the consumer world that we currently live in it easier to bypass our moral beliefs in favor of something much more tangible. Within Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv, the disjointed relationship between humans and environment highlights the values humans place on products. With the usage of such literary devices like irony, imagery, and cause and effect, the reader visualizes Louv’s growing concern about the way we as humans interact with the world around us, and our disregard for the wild world will mean for future generations.
For many people, the natural world is seen as something that can be exploited for their own pleasure and enjoyment: thus the only purpose of the Floral and Fauna is for the satisfaction and enjoyment of the people. This exploitation of those creatures of the natural world is the very thing that Louv cautions against. That how animal's live and die rely totally on the whim of the most powerful animal on the food chain, humans. And in order to maintain worth in many people's eyes they must have some benefit to mankind. Indeed many argue that “Sponsorship-wise, it’s time for nature to carry its weight” This disregard for the importance of nature as something worth conserving just because of its beauty; highlights that “true” nature is only what humans find to be beneficial to them. In a world filled with bright colors and loud noises it is easy to ignore the more subdued wonders of the natural world. For Louv, this observation of how replaceable organic nature is with synthetic nature shows a growing concern that it is soon to disappear. For how can the subdue colors of the forest compete with those moving pictures on a television screen.
Indeed in ignoring the world that is not filled with technicolor and moving pictures our children are taught that nature is not considered worth any of our time. In that one moment when Americans place their children in front of the TV screen, they diminute the importance of the outside world. One can only protect what is seen as valuable, and what is known, something that the current American way of life does not promote. For Richard Louv the fear is very vivid. Already he can imagine of a world where no one watches the out of doors. The fear that no one is going to look outside means that it is no longer important. Unworthy of our attention, how can natures possible be worth our times and efforts to save. This vision of what is going to happen if the American people continue on this path is clearly describe when he wonders if they will still understand "...of how cities and nature fit together". For Louv the lost of observations is a critical for the development of children; without it important logical conclusions can not be reached.
Within Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv cautions against the growing distance between organic matter and electronic objects. That because of the growing distance between the two humans no longer observe the natural world in order to connect everything together. The natural world and the consumer world have become more at odds and isolated. Louv fears the growing re one world will become more important than another.
For many people, the natural world is seen as something that can be exploited for their own pleasure and enjoyment: thus the only purpose of the Floral and Fauna is for the satisfaction and enjoyment of the people. This exploitation of those creatures of the natural world is the very thing that Louv cautions against. That how animal's live and die rely totally on the whim of the most powerful animal on the food chain, humans. And in order to maintain worth in many people's eyes they must have some benefit to mankind. Indeed many argue that “Sponsorship-wise, it’s time for nature to carry its weight” This disregard for the importance of nature as something worth conserving just because of its beauty; highlights that “true” nature is only what humans find to be beneficial to them. In a world filled with bright colors and loud noises it is easy to ignore the more subdued wonders of the natural world. For Louv, this observation of how replaceable organic nature is with synthetic nature shows a growing concern that it is soon to disappear. For how can the subdue colors of the forest compete with those moving pictures on a television screen.
Indeed in ignoring the world that is not filled with technicolor and moving pictures our children are taught that nature is not considered worth any of our time. In that one moment when Americans place their children in front of the TV screen, they diminute the importance of the outside world. One can only protect what is seen as valuable, and what is known, something that the current American way of life does not promote. For Richard Louv the fear is very vivid. Already he can imagine of a world where no one watches the out of doors. The fear that no one is going to look outside means that it is no longer important. Unworthy of our attention, how can natures possible be worth our times and efforts to save. This vision of what is going to happen if the American people continue on this path is clearly describe when he wonders if they will still understand "...of how cities and nature fit together". For Louv the lost of observations is a critical for the development of children; without it important logical conclusions can not be reached.
Within Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv cautions against the growing distance between organic matter and electronic objects. That because of the growing distance between the two humans no longer observe the natural world in order to connect everything together. The natural world and the consumer world have become more at odds and isolated. Louv fears the growing re one world will become more important than another.