Humans and nature have been confused by many. As Perrin suggests, it is a word with many meanings that "if you looked it up turns our to have twelve meanings, plus eight more submeanings" (643). Robert Frost, a well known

Naturally it is up to humans to conquer. Natural to cover as much land as possible until there is no land to discover. A novel that any educated American can relate to is The Great Gatsby. This is one of Perrin's prime examples of how we naturally dominating of our planet. The most relevant passage in the novel is the last page "where Fitzgerald talk about the Gatsby's belief in the green light ahead" (Perrin 642). Perrin uses this metaphorical green light as a meaning of "the future is GO" (643). We can easily relate to this a symbol of American taking over the green land and proceeding to do so while the land is green and feeling plentiful. Another operative use of historical content is when Perrin uses St. John's example as he explains "to his European audience how the first thing an American does when he comes into a new piece of wilderness is to build a bridge over whatever creek or little river runs though it" (645). Here it is proven th

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Approximate Word count = 640
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)