Transcendentalism In Emerson'snature, By Ralph Waldo Emerson

In his essay ¨Nature,¨ Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson advocates for appreciation for nature and warns people not to tamper with it. He says, ¨Miller owns this field...But none of them owns the landscape.¨ as in people own some part of the land but when the whole landscape is a picture nature has created. He´s trying to tell people that we are only using some part of nature and to make sure to be respectful not to ruin the image. The animals and their habitat is part of that image. Everything in nature depends on each other to create the full image. Also, he states “Nature has never become a toy to a wise spirit.¨ He is really trying to get people to understand that nature is not a toy that you can use but throw away when you are done.

Today, people are taking and using the sources of nature and disrupting the image it´s trying to create, and Emerson would strongly disagree with that. Many animals are being ripped out of their homes and being forced to live in unsuitable places in order for the industry to make money. They are used as entertainment and they´re stripped away their rights. And the people responsible for taking care of them is not doing enough to protect these beautiful animals. A Transcendentalist would want people to appreciate nature and its offerings, as Emerson states ¨ The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child.¨ This means that kids appreciate nature very much, but taking away the animals and putting them in zoos is telling the kids to admire the mistreatment of nature and the cruelty to animals. The AWA is not providing enough protection for the animals in the zoo because, they are stripped away from their habitat and deprived of their freedom which leads the animals to have self-destructive behavior or even worse, their extinction. A current solution to this problem is expanding the few laws we have nationwide to provide some form of protection from abuse and to make sure that the zoos are not neglecting these animals. However, these solution won´t be enough until the government starts to value