Called Out Analysis

(H)Humans and nature are often conflicting. (CI) This idea is prevalent in Called Out by Barbara Kingsolver, in My Life as a Bat by Margaret Atwood, and Sea Star by Barbara Hurd. (G1) Humans have a need for answers, unlike nature. (G2) Humans and nature have different needs. (G3) And lastly, humans and nature worry about varying things. (TH) Nature and humans are conflicting because humans are concerned with reasoning, humans and nature have different values, and they carry different burdens.
(Topic Sentence) Humans are concerned with the reason why while nature is concerned with survival. (M1) Humans have a need for answers. (m1) In the scientific essay, Called Out, people from around the country were trying to figure out how hordes of wildflowers in Arizona were blooming in 1998. “Where had they come from? Had these seeds just been lying around in the dirt for decades?” (Kingsolver 52) (m2) Also, nature has no feelings, animals and plants just do what they need to. (M2) Wildflowers have many conditions for survival. (m1) The ephemerals have varying seed sizes and

latency cycles to ensure the life of the species. (m2) These flowers also go through natural selection; they do not worry about what they are doing, they just do it. (Trans) Called Out gives an example about survival, My Life as a Bat shows how humans and nature have different values.
(Topic Sentence) Nature and humans can have two differing perspectives.

(M1) Human’s perception of the world can lead to them placing themselves on the top. (m1)Humans can cause others pain. “Bats have a few things to put up with, but they do not inflict…They are immune from the curse of pity. They never gloat”. (Atwood 72) (m2) On the other hand, nature does not have feelings and they cannot inflict. (M2) Nature is also concerned about its own survival. (m2) Animals, such as bats, have a need for their dwellings. “But when I reach the entrance to the cave, it is sealed over. It’s blocked in. Who could have done this?” (Atwood 72). (m2) And humans are not concerned with the safety of the surrounding wildlife. “Death by flaming bat. The bats too would have died, of course. Acceptable mega deaths”. (Atwood 73) Also, nature and humans carry varying burdens and this is shown in the essay, Sea

Star.
(Topic Sentence)Humans and nature carry different burdens. (M1) Humans experience trouble when trying to let things go. (m2) Ahab and Elsa spent years holding their troubles in and not welcoming the future. (m2) Amputees experience phantom tingling in the area where their lost body part was. “a need to confirm what we feel but can’t see”. (Hurd 21) Humans tend to hold everything in. (M2) Meanwhile, starfish can regenerate. (m1) Nature can start over almost easily, and humans cannot. (m2) Most importantly, nature can carry on. “The sea star, of course, can regenerate when the food supply increases, growing back the missing limb, and continue unburdened by notions of heroism or sacrifice, even consciousness”. (Hurd 21)
(Topic Sentence) Examining the differences between nature and humans has proven that the two can often be conflicting. Altogether, nature has different values, perspectives, and burdens than humans do. (Clincher) The differences are what make each great in their own way.