Respond to the assignment below. Be as clear as possible with your responses. Be sure to use textual support from the text you read, which will involve accessing several Web sites that are provided below. This paper is worth 50 points and should be 3-5 pages in length.
Step 1: Please review the links provided below and choose ONE excerpt to discuss within your paper. Which piece best addresses the topic and answers the accompanying questions? As you discuss your points, please include three quotes from your chosen piece to illustrate your analysis.
Ralph Waldo Emerson %u2013 Nature (Chapter 1)
Ralph Waldo Emerson- from Self-Reliance
Henry David Thoreau %u2013 from Walden
Henry David Thoreau %u2013 from Life Without Principle
Step 2: Access this painting called Kindred Spirits by American artist Asher
Durand.
Topic for the paper: How are the two selections connected? What does each say about humans%u2019 place within the natural world? Each artist has a message here, and although they are conveyed in different forms of art, the theme is similar. How so?
Reflect on some of the issues raised in this course to start your brainstorming
on humans%u2019 view of nature concerning such topics as conservation,
sustainability, and deforestation. Apply these concepts to the writing and
art. How are these issues relevant in today%u2019s world? Do you have any solutions as a citizen? What can you do as an individual? Think about these things as you compose your paper.