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Civilization vs. Nature
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Nature:
Civilization
Nature gives back not only privileges like swearing, But it makes Huck's Judgement unclouded by civilization
"Huck; you's de bes' fren Jim's ever had; en you's de only fren' ole Jim's got now" (Twain 89).
- While at first unsophisticated, Huck has to adapt to a new life of rule and civilization
- "The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would civilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways" (Twain 1).
- Throughout the story, Huck struggles to balance civilization's morals and his own internal compass
Civilization vs. Nature
Civilization vs. Nature in Huckleberry Finn
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Define Nature:
The physical world collectively; all features and products of the earth.
- animals
- landscape
- plants
Civilization
All things related to human social and physical development and organization that is considered advanced.
- culture
- advancement
- science
- government
- industry
What is our topic?
Nature vs. Civilization
The Opposing Sides
Anthropocentric
Ecocentric
Nature vs. Civilization
applied to the Real World
a point of view that recognizes the ecosphere, rather than the biosphere, as central in importance.
Anthropocentrism is the belief that human beings are the central or most significant species on the planet, or the assessment of reality through an exclusively human perspective
Anthropocentric
Society > Nature
Cons
Pros
- Improvements in science, medicine, industrial materials, ect.
- economy improved
- Destruction of Natural Resources (Through Corporations)
- extinction of species
- value of nature is pushed aside
Ecocentric
Nature > Society
How/where does our topic appear in the Real World?
People who support: Environmentalists
http://www.theworldcounts.com/counters/shocking_environmental_facts_and_statistics
- Nature vs. Civilization = common dispute
- Discovering the balance of society's/nature's needs
- severly damaged the Earth in the process
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