David Suzuki Hidden Lessons Summary

As time passes the connection between humans and nature is drastically decreasing; humans have developed the idea of being the most powerful form of life on earth. In the passage, Hidden Lessons, by David Suzuki, readers can perceive and understand the author’s message clearly through the use of purpose and form. The purposes of Suzuki’s passage is to educate the readers about the severity of humans losing connection with nature, raise awareness towards this issue, and he uses the form of persuasiveness to prove his point.

Firstly, the purpose of the passage is to educate the readers about the seriousness of the lost connection between both life forms. In the thesis, Suzuki states, “I can’t overemphasize the tragedy of that attitude. For, inherent in this view is that assumption that human beings are special and different and that we lie outside nature. Yet it is belief that is creating many of our environmental problems today” (Suzuki 6). Suzuki explains to readers that humans take nature for granted which is generating most of their

In the beginning, Suzuki states, “In spite of the vast expanse of wilderness in this country, most Canadian children grow up in urban settings. In other words, they live in a world conceived, shaped and dominated by people” (Suzuki 1). Suzuki starts to address the issue with a contrasting and contradicting sentence as he talks about how there is more rural areas but fewer people in it, and less urban areas with more people in it. Throughout the passage, Suzuki explores mainly the causes and briefly talks about the effects towards the end. Suzuki did the right thing of mentioning the causes in the beginning because the readers will be able to realize the effects of certain actions. Usually, something will cause an effect; therefore it is important and appropriate to state the causes first than the