Edward Hoagland Heaven And Nature Analysis

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Edward Hoagland, the author of Heaven and Nature, writes about suicide and how one’s mental stability can affect her death. The author writes, “the deed [suicide] can be… plainly insane,” (508-9). Through various claims, Hoagland argues that one will only commit suicide if she is mentally unstable. Hoagland discusses that in order to live life, one must create a sense of identity of themselves and with her environment, “life is a matter of cultivating the six senses, and an equilibrium with nature,” (508). The author uses the term equilibrium to suggest that life requires stability, which is a result of a calm state of mind. The primary argumentation type throughout Heaven and Nature is pathos; he elaborates on his own beliefs and emotions,

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