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Chief Seattle's Oppression Of Nature

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Anthony Douglas Williams once implied, “I would rather be amongst forest animals and the sound of nature than amongst city traffic and the noise of man.” In Chief Seattle’s “Letter to President Pierce”, Seattle stubbornly rebukes to the President and the public sector about how nature in urban cities are taking over the United States. Arguing that the white man has become disdainful of nature, Seattle suggests that the Indians are disparagingly overlooked in society today. Essentially, the white man has become adaptive in modern society with all its influences, advancements, and variations. With cars, canoes and bull boats are often overlooked. With phones, face to face communication is on the decline. With supermarkets, natural meat and vegetables …show more content…

In 1790, 95 percent of the people in the U.S lived on the countryside. (USAonline). So, what could have happened to change this aspect into the urban world we live in today? Urbanization started around the 1880s and is molded, changed, and transformed our country into the world we live in today. Chief Seattle feels due to the urbanization of rural cities that his race, culture, ethical values, and the home that he has is abandoned. As a result, belief of the abandonment of nature has slowly progressed into a national issue. Nature, in itself, is very beautiful, yet underappreciated. It brings about the liveliness of a person, immersing oneself in nature. Seattle believes in the white man, he has lost his love, his appreciation, and, most importantly, his solemn attachment to nature. But, in this case, the white man has conformed to urbanization and society in a way that cannot be matched. Due to the popular demand we face in our lives today such as urbanization, local food markets, technological advancements, and multiple fast food industries one could not be blamed for moving into the urban areas. Urbanization lures you into its trap, forgetting about the natural world and all its beauty, sightseeing, and its peacefulness. Man has completely compromised to the city aspect, allowing more and more change in the world, and nature slowly slipping from …show more content…

Metropolitan areas are very structured; with jobs such as managers, cleaners, bosses, and CEOs everything has its own order. However, in nature, everything is sprawled out, completely naked and for everyone to see. One deserves to be alone, to be free, to be alone in nature, not to be completely consumed by urbanization. People, with all sorts of options in urban areas, tend to not realize the unkemptness of the places they call home. As a result, they need to consider the elegant value of nature and how clean it naturally is. Sure, pollution affects nature to a certain extent, gases are emitted into our environment, but to deny the peacefulness, cleanliness, and tranquility is absolutely absurd. In reality, Seattle is implying that the white man be committed to nature, not in a “full fledged” way, but in a way where it is recognizable to the

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