Nature And The Home Place Analysis
Nature and the wilderness has a major effect on our everyday life that most people do not notice. The Home Place explored the true meaning and use of the wilderness. With the narrator J. Drew Lanham growing up with an immediately interest and passion for nature you get a deeper look into the wild. The journey between J. Drew’s siblings, parents and even grandparent shows the importance of nature and the Home Place to their family. When J. Drew’s grandfather or “Daddy Joe” returned from war he was wounded both physically and mentally and needed a place to turn too. “Daddy Joe left the war behind and turned his attention to family and farming” (Lanham 43). Having a connection with nature can provide a lot of health benefits. It gave Daddy Joe more structure and a reason to get out of bed while also reconnecting with his family. J. Drew’s grandmother or “Mamatha” also had an important connection through nature. Once he husband had passed she connected with nature in a way that other people could not see and sometimes she was thought of as a witch. She
…show more content…
Drew’s life. From an early age, he had always been interested in nature starting with being able to fly and eventually leading into his job of bird watching. It also gave Drew a stronger connection with his Father and brother when they would go split wood or mend fences together. “Now here I was far away from moments of inertia and rates of deceleration, out under the biggest, bluest sky, surrounded by singing birds in fields of forest that stretched as far as the eye could see. I’d always dreamed of this kind of life” (Lanham 138). Not only did he benefit from nature by finding his true passion and realizing he did not want to be an engineer it also taught him many lessons throughout his life. Starting with when he got his first BB gun and killed a bird to the ending where he realized “uncertainty was more the rule than the exception in nature” (Lanham
Drew’s life. From an early age, he had always been interested in nature starting with being able to fly and eventually leading into his job of bird watching. It also gave Drew a stronger connection with his Father and brother when they would go split wood or mend fences together. “Now here I was far away from moments of inertia and rates of deceleration, out under the biggest, bluest sky, surrounded by singing birds in fields of forest that stretched as far as the eye could see. I’d always dreamed of this kind of life” (Lanham 138). Not only did he benefit from nature by finding his true passion and realizing he did not want to be an engineer it also taught him many lessons throughout his life. Starting with when he got his first BB gun and killed a bird to the ending where he realized “uncertainty was more the rule than the exception in nature” (Lanham