Respecting Nature: Lessons from Native American Myth and Emerson

A Lot of people in this world have lack of respect for nature. Society tends to learn in ways that take advantage of nature. Yet many people realize how valuable nature is, and how important it is to protect it. These beliefs are presented in the nature American myth “The Sky Tree” and Ralph Waldo Emerson’s from Nature. The myth teaches lessons on how to preserve the natural world, while Emerson describes the need to connect to nature to discover the truth and beauty of life. The native American believes that nature is key to life. Native American need what the natural world provides them in order to survive. Because of this was important to teach a lesson about respecting and valuing nature. The native American myth “ The Sky Tree “ teaches many lessons about nature. In the myth there was this place called sky, land and there was a tree where the people in the village use. The old man said “I have a dreamed,” he said, “and in my dream I saw how I can be healed. I must be given the fruit which grows at the very top Sky Tree”(TheSkyTree 24). But the old chief was sick , and he had a dream that he can be healed by eating the fruit from the top of the tree. He didn't know by doing that it's going to have a bad effect on his

That applied to both of the stories. The story Sky Tree where the old chief wasn't respecting and the people who were living in the same town as him. The old chief was being selfish , only worrying about himself and nobody else. That's one reason why people disrespect nature. Emerson shows that nature means a lot by saying, “yet it is certain that the power to produce this delight, does not reside in nature, but in man, or in the harmony of both "(Emerson 207). Every next level of your life will demand a different version you , so don't sit there and let nature pass you ,get out and enjoy your life because u have to look deep into nature to understand the true meaning of