-A good start!. I like your sarcastic voice, but you don't need to tell the reader you are being sarcastic. Choose words that would show that. You had some great insights about Thoreau. Suggestions for Revison: Read notes within the paper. Add Emerson. Add sensory details to your description. Kristinaturner 10/19/07 8:26 AM

Nature Essay
By: Turner Welborn

In my English III Honors class, we are talking about Emerson and Thoreau, so a few days ago we went into the woods to become "transparent eyeballs" and get in touch with ourselves while surrounded by nature. What little woods we had near our school was enough for me even though it is within earshot of cars passing on highway 81 and littered with wrappers, cans ,and bottles. Despite this we had a wonderful time getting in touch with ourselves in nature.
I was lucky enough to have chosen to wear a longsleved black shirt and long pants on the day we were supposed to go outside. How great for me. It was probably around 85 or 90 degrees when we got out there with no breeze and the humidity was very high because it had recently rained. However, once we got to the woods we were in the shade and it was a little cooler. I immediately remembered how much i loved being in the woods and seeing all of the amazing things god has done with our world. Some of the things I noticed were the small paths that water had made through the sand, how cool the sun looked going through the leaves of the trees, and okay in the end. Also, it does not need anything to run and keep producing and living. I thought about this when i was in the woods, and i thought that was pretty cool. Henry David Thoreau said: "Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling". I think that he is saying that. that nature is what you make it. If you think nature is ugly then you have made it that way, and if you think nature is beautiful then you have made it that way. I completely agree with this.
In conclusion a few minutes in nature can change you for life. Through this nature walk i remembered my love for the woods and it reminded me the amazing things that god created. I encourage anyone to try it because you will come out of the woods as a changed individual.

Summarize the key ideas in your essay. -Kristinaturner 10/19/07 8:26 AM