The Truth is in the Details :: Comparative, The Naturalist

When I received the assignment of comparing and contrasting the natural scientist to that of Landscape and autobiography, admittedly I was a bit dismayed at the idea of analyzing both writings I seemed to comprehend very little of. Upon reading them all over and over, jotting down idea subsequently idea, and crumpling up paper after paper, I came to the conclusion that I may or may non be over-thinking the assignment. My interpretation, though a bit underdeveloped, is thisBarry Lopez, in The Naturalist explains what it office to be a naturalist, the expectations a naturalist, and the modern naturalists ideology. He speaks of how chouseledge is best gained, which he believes is through enormously time-consuming (The Naturalist 122) firsthand experience by immersing yourself in its milieu (The Naturalist 116), or environment. He uses the example of the caracara, in the Naturalist. He says, if you wish to understand the caracara, you need to know a great deal about exactly whe re the caracara lives and what the caracaras relationships are with each of the many components of that place, including its elevations, its seasonal light. (The Naturalist 116).This fits in nicely with the point he makes in Landscape and Narrative. He defines two landscapes external, the one we seethe landits plants and animalsits weather, its geology, the record of its climate and evolution. (Landscape and Narrative 5). The other is the internal one, which Lopez describes as a kind of projection in spite of appearance a part of the exterior landscape. (Landscape and Narrative 7). More or less, I think hes saying that ones mindset, feelings, and purpose are determined by nature the world roughly us. Lopez mentions that those fresh to a taskare the ones most likely to pass on themselves a deadlinewhich will challenge themselves to know all there is to know (The Naturalist 122) about a particular thing. But, as he points out, miss of end points (The Naturalist 122) conflict wit h the short-term demands of modern life. (The Naturalist 122). He refers to the fact that he still goes down to the river and always feels like something unseasoned will reveal itself. Putting oneself on a deadline never works.Those impertinent to, or believing differently than naturalists, or tyrants (The Naturalist 122), aim to lock in the naturalists (The Naturalist 122), to avoid having their beliefs called into question or contradicted. Lopez fears those people some in a position of political power, and with an abundance of confidence are sterilize to tell the county commissioners what the river is (The Naturalist 122).