Reflection Paper About Nature

Nature has always been close to my heart. For a long time, I was not aware of my passions dealing with the beauty of the natural world. I believe my admiration began at a very young age. However, it was not until my senior year of highschool that I truly realized my passions. Due to all of these stimuli and events adding up over the years, it shaped my personal world views of nature. I believe that the natural world is precious. Pretty much everything in it is a living thing. Whether that be an animal, a plant, some fungi or bacteria in the soil, everything is important. Any single thing in the environment is almost definitely dependant on some other living thing as well. This is why protecting the environment is so important to me. If one thing is lost or

In one instance was the movie Happy Feet. I loved this movie as a kid. Looking back on it now, I realize some very big topics in conservation and the harshness of winter. This movie showed the harsh migration of penguins. Before Mumble hatched, it showed the audience that perhaps not all eggs will hatch. Following, it depicted the predator-prey relationship among penguins and skuas. I remember a number of instances where humans led to the demise of some of the characters. For instance, Lovelace had unmistakable plastic from a 6-pack wrapped around his neck. Another, I remember as scene where an entire bulldozer falls out of the ice and into the ocean. You can see the water turning black as oil spills from it. Lastly, the penguins were starting to starve because the humans were taking all the fish. In one scene it showed how the public was arguing over whether to save the fish for the penguins. This showed that not everyone will have the same view, even if your view seems like the right one. It also showed me how much humans actually impact their environment. There’s already such a harsh environment in the arctic, humans do not need to make it