response to question

The question I chose to respond to was what are the thematical differences that we see between The pilgrim at Tinker Creek and The botany of desire and how do any of these relate to your place in the enviornment that you chose. As we have seen throughout Dillards piece, it is clear she focuses on themes of Spirtuality and pain or death. I feel that we see alot of beauty from her writing just from the observationists perspective and through a nature lovers eyes. In The botany of Desire the autor chooses to take a different path and much of his writing focuses on nature from a historical and statistical point of view focusing on much of the facts and details he sees. There is definately a similarity in there observations and both provide a spirtual theme conveyed in their writing. I feel Pollan focuses on existentialism and takes his meaning nature to a more profound level and seeks the true meaning of how us humans play a role in nature rather than Dillards search for natures role in our life. Thems like beauty and desire that we see in both, will hold true indefinately in my writing about the north shore of oahu and the 7 mile stretch of beach that has captivated me for years.