through the moral darkness of insensitivity and desecration towards nature. There it lay. A dead doe in middle of the road. The previous driver obviously had not thought twice after hitting the deer and had no sincerity towards nature nor the decency to at least move the carcass off the narrow road. The deer lay in the road, unburied, uncared for, unmourned, and untended. Ironically, if the carcass had remained on the road, it might have meant the taking of the life of another driver as Stafford stated
road spots a felled deer; the traveler, desiring neither to hit the deer, nor by swerving to avoid it, hurtle his car over the canyon precipice, stops his vehicle and proceeds to push the fallen animal over the canyon face, into the river below. As the driver struggles to displace the cold, stiff deer corpse he senses warmth emanating from its abdomen, it's an unborn fawn. Realizing that life remains in the body he had assumed dead, the traveler hesitates. Finally, he pushes the deer, one dead and the
the difficulty of one man's choice. Immediately, the scene is set, with the driver, who is "traveling though the dark" (line 1) coming upon a recently killed deer. At first, his decision with what to do with the deer is easy; he knows he must push it off the edge for the safety of other motorists, but then, a closer examination of the deer reveals to the man new circumstances. His decision is now perplexing, and his course of action is unclear. Through his use of metaphor, symbolism, and personification
on man’s relationships with nature” With reference to ‘The Stag’ and one other poem in the section discuss the poet’s treatment of conflict between man and nature. The Stag was written by a poet named Ted Hughes and is similar to the poem Roe-Deer in many respects because they feature many similar ideas. The poem is about the distant relationship between humans and nature, in this case it is a Stag the represents the natural side and its actions compared to the humans and their actions. The
Louise’s character while encompassing two major thematic concerns. The imagery begins with a “mule deer” darting its way into a large arena filled with dancers. The description of the deer being a mule makes the animal appear strong because mule deer are often larger in size and more heavily built than other species of deer. There are many instances from the beginning to the end of the novel that involve deer. Their significant involvement in the story, and the fact that Louise is absent from this scene
and sport hunting is unnecessary. During hunting, animals, after being shot, suffer too much. For example, E.L. Bradshaw and P. Bateson, who wrote Welfare Implications of Culling Red Deer, states that 11 percent of deer who’d been killed by hunters died only after being shot two or more times and that some wounded deer suffered for more than 15 minutes before dying. This shows that hunting creates too much suffering. Instead of dying a quick death, animals will have a slow and painful death when
Existing challenge; Among the local medium and large mammals, East Asian porcupine and Red Muntjac are the most abundant and widely distributed species in Hong Kong. They were recorded in over 50%of surveyed areas in 2002-06 by camera trapping (Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department). However, for one of their habitat, Tai Lam Country Park, which is located in Western of New Territories, the second largest country park in Hong Kong. In the past decade, the park has suffered from frequent
Well hunting is one of the number one things that have been created before our time. It is be of the most important things in our history today. Some consider hunting a sport; some do it just for fun. But all those are meaningless. People needed to hunt so they can survive and provide food for the families, villages, towns, etc. In order to survive back in their time, an important trait was hunting. If you had not skilled that or your family hasn’t skilled it, you are going to end up starving. All
William Stafford in my mind, a visionary seeking to enlighten us through words he wrote in the poem, he talks his travels down a dark road only to find a dead deer on the road. In the poem he talks about how he moved the deer out of the dark road and pushing it down a hill. The poem is great at making you visualize what is happen as you read it. In this essay I will dissect the poem’s deep and dark stanza’s and state what the poem means. William Edgar Stafford was born in Hutchinson, Kansas, on
Black Elk Speaks The book Black Elk Speaks was written in the early 1930's by author John G. Neihardt, after interviewing the medicine man named Black Elk. Neihardt was already a published writer, and prior to this particular narrative he was at work publishing a collection of poems titled Cycle of the West. Although he was initially seeking infor-mation about a peculiar Native American religious movement that occurred at the end of the 19th century for the conclusion his poetry collection, Neihardt
The poem, “Traveling through the Dark” by William Stafford, offers readers a story about a tragic, but common encounter between man and animal. The speaker of the poem is faced with a difficult decision when he discovers a dead deer in the road. “Woodchucks,” by Maxine Kumin, also presents the audience with a poem about humans and animals; however, her poem takes a darker approach on the subject. The speaker is trying to eradicate all of the woodchucks from his garden. In the two poems, tone, imagery
because sometimes they go away, so that’s why I’m telling you about my top five memories. The Time I my Cousin and I go parasailing It was a sunny day in Florida, the boat ride out to the parasailing boat was calm. Two red snappers lay on the floor of the first boat. The driver of the first boat said they just hop up on the boat randomly when he’s driving. I had a nervous feeling in my stomach, because earlier my cousin said we should go parasailing, and I didn’t actually
spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) of the family Cervidae (Hamir, et.al., 2006). The family Cervidae includes mule deer, Odocolileus hemionus, white-tailed deer, Odocolileus virginianus, Rocky Mountain elk, Cervus elaphus nelsoni, and moose, Alces alces shirasi, among others (Sigurdon & Aguzzi, 2007). CWD is a prion disease, meaning it is a protein caused infection, that occurs naturally in the deer family (Song & Lawson, 2009). This protein is suspected to be an abnormal isoform (PrPSc) of the naturally
Gawain failks to recognize. The text describes the clothes that the lady wears and contasts her beauty with the ugliness of her companion. But unlike to look upon, those ladies were, for if the one was fresh, the other was faded: bedecked in bright red was the body of one; flesh hung in folds on the face of the other; on one a high headdress, hung all in pearls; her bright throat and bosom fair to behold, fresh as the first snow fallen upon hills; a wimple the other one wore rounded her throat; her
take care of it. After cursing at the man, the narrator says, “I’d never... ... middle of paper ... ... of nature is to get the theme of the intermixing of technology with man and nature across; “I stood in the glare of the warm exhaust turning red; /around our group I could hear the wilderness listen” (15-16) in these lines we get more of a feeling than an image of the intermixing of technology and nature. These two poems may seem like very similar poems at first glance, but when they are picked
placement for this day was exceptional. My setup was right on top of what looked like a deer four way. These deer could literally come from any direction. But judging on the deer that I previously spooked and my surroundings I figured that they would come straight down a perfectly open trail about twenty yards in front of me. As time passed I felt as if my luck was passing too. It was nearing prime time for deer to start roaming, but the woods were silent. They were so silent that it bothered me. By
The poem “Traveling through the Dark” by William Stafford portrays the events of a speaker who must hurriedly dispose of a deceased deer. Before disposing of the body, the speaker notices the deer is pregnant and undergoes an ethical dilemma before ultimately getting rid of the carcass. In the poem “Woodchucks” by Maxine Kumin, numerous woodchucks are causing crop damage on the speaker’s farm. The speaker undergoes systematic killing of the woodchucks to rid the problem. Both of these poems describe
the hot and sticky summer, and the cold, harsh winter. If there is one season that can turn back the clock, it is fall. The days slowly start losing length and the humidity fades from the air. Autumn is one of my favorite times of the year. The red, yellow and orange leaves that fill the trees make me enjoy it that much more. Growing up in the northern panhandle, we have all experienced the beauty of autumn. The beautiful displays of color across the mountains look as if someone painted them
As the deer fed at the marsh's edge, its tail flickering as it nibbled tender and ripe green growth, the nervous animal paused in its feeding and lifted its head to listen. Whatever hint of danger the deer had sensed was ignored once the threat could not be located. It stamped a forefoot, lowered its head, and began to eat once more. This deer had failed to detect a Florida panther that was downwind (going into the wind) and crouched low in the underbrush. Amber eyes, however, estimated the distance
leaves and branches, many with peeping newborn birds with their yellow mouths stretching open for the meals that their parents brought. The parents themselves were wonders to behold. There was the gentle robin, who you could always spot because of his red breast. The eagle would always roost in the tallest pine he could find. You would never think an eagle’s wings could be so big, especially when they are perched. But when they take off it is like their broad 6 foot wings seem to come out of nowhere