Celeron

The short essay, “ The City’s Laughter� was very interesting. Couturier looked at nature different from the most people view nature. Stereotypically we think of nature as the woods, river, and mother nature. Couturier allows the reader to see nature in relationship to the urban society. She talks of her experience in New York. She points out the various forms of nature that can be seen in the city. I recall her explaining the rats in the subway, the roaches in the apartment, and the pigeons. Each of this animals can be considered pest and travel in packs. Using these type of animals, help her convey how nature is inevitable. Why then as society do with try to prevent this form of nature in our lives? Couturier also compares our busy lifestyle to that of nature. She first compares us to an ant colony; the anthills are the skyscrapers and are social system consists of leaders and workers.
The Pigeons Ladies seem to be social outcasts because they embrace this urban nature. She describes them as withered old women shoes hanging off her heels, with drooping and torn brown coat. Why are these women social outcasts, shouldn’t they be embrace by society?