Rhetoric 1315 Questions

"To see the world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower; Hold infinity in teh palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour." was the quote from William Blake from the reading. This tells me that this is truly an inspiring area - but where exactly is Listening Point?

The author writes in great detail about a broad-wing hawk and its young - the interest that the writer took in this creature was fascinating to me.

I really enjoyed Olson's piece on the loons of the northern lakes. One of my favorite things at our lake cabin up north is listening to the loons cry while sitting around a fire at night. It is one of those pivotal sounds that really makes the north woods the north woods. I also find it interesting that the way he describes the Boundary Waters is still much the way that you would find it today. It's good to see that little has changed in 100 years.

I was amazed at the amount of detail that the author uses in this book, astonishing really.

It seems as though he condtradicts himself. He wants this prestine "listening point" but yet is building a shack and bulldozing a road?

The writers prospect of the land and the surrounding life are very unique.

It was kind of sad and hard to grasp while reading about his contradiction to building a road to go up to the cabin. But he also knew that it was inevitable to build one there because of his surrounding land owners.

On page 4 was a very important summary statement to the whole feel of the book. The author stated that "recapturing this almost forgotten sense of wonder and learning from rocks and trees and all the life that is found there, truths that can encompass all." I believe that in saying this, the author is putting nature at the forefront of real truth and understanding.

I liked how the author didn't blame the loggers of the day completely for the damage they did. On page 108, he states that they were ignorant to the resource that natural beauty was and that all they knew about wilderness was that it was something to be eliminated.

I really enjoyed reading the authors perspective on loons. I have heard loon calls many times while fishing on various lakes but, I never thought of their call as a laughter. Now, I am excited to hear it again and see if my views change.

The chapter about the cabin was interesting for me to read. When my dad and uncle hunted as kids with their father, they slept in a lean-to trying to get the most out of their wilderness experience. Although I don't think their location was as important as the cabin in the book.

sellin these rocks is easy as hell!

I find Olson a little foolish in making a road because " of those who owned the land beyond me who would have built the road in any case, I knew there was no choice" (27). For he did have a choice, and yet he chose to make a road because supposedly someone would have done it anyways...

Loons do tend to be a very prominent symbol of the north. They are after all the Minnesota state bird, and they appear on various slogans associated with Minnesota and the north.

In chapter 4, it was surprising to me that Olson allowed the road to be plowed. When I first began reading the chapter I thought he would change his mind at the last minute. Unfortunately, he continued as planned. "I was appalled at what I had done." But like Olson stated, somebody else would have made the road regardless of what he really wanted. It's a sad sight to see a road constructed or trees torn down. I see it every year I visit my grandparents' cabin. The cause is more people and unfortunately the results are devastating to the land.

I found the chapter about the Loon to be very interesting. Reading this chapter reminds me of fishing up north. Every year I always see one or two loons while I'm on the lake early in the morning. The explanantion of the high mortality rate and low birth rate is extremely surprising to me.

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