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Bill Mckibben's The End Of Nature

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In Bill McKibben’s novel, “The End of Nature”, the main argument that McKibben is making is everything that humans touch, they destroy. He explains how the pristine natural world was one untouched by humans, but now everything reflects humans. McKibben laments the loss of the idea of wilderness, or untouched nature. Increasingly, everything in the natural world is in some way altered by human use. Along with the loss of the last remnants of natural environment, McKibben suggests, we are losing our idea of nature, so that we can no longer appreciate the value of an unspoiled natural environment. McKibben is worried about losing the sublime mystery of nature. “The walk along Mill Creek, or any stream, or up any hill, or through any woods, is
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