"Only the mountain has lived long enough to listen objectively to the howl of a wolf." To kill a wolf you have to think a mountain. The mountain nor the man agreed with the killing of wolves, it sense the light dying in their eyes. The story I just read was beautiful descriptive story that embodies one mans realization of the effect of killing wolves.
Thinking Like a Mountain is somewhat of a poem, but mostly a story. It tells the story of a man who is hunting for wolves so there will be more deer on the mountain and a hunters paradise. One day he shoots a female wolf and her cub he saw the green light dye in her eyes. Since that day he saw more and more wolves going extinct. He realized that without wolves there are to many deer and the mountain looks bear from the so many deer snaking on it " Such a mountain a mountain looks as if someone had given god a new pruning shear." Later in the story he made a very good point "I now suspect that just as a deer herd lives in mortal fear of its wolves, so does the mountain live in mortal fear of dear." The story ends with the man realizing that everyone and everything strives for safety, prosperity, comfort, long life, and dullness.
I personally thought that the story made some very good points. It was quit beautiful , meaningful, and was just the right length for me to enjoy. I didn't see how it connected with what were learning at the moment, but I'm sure it will click with me soon. All in all it was a fun assignment.
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