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John Lane's Journey

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As I read John Lane’s novel, I imagen John Lane being an outstanding person who is intelligent and well educated person in English; passionate about the environment or nature around us, especially the rivers and most importantly adventurous. I would say this because he wrote about his journey, paddling to the sea. I think that he has great experience canoeing and kayaking since he loves to go out to the nature and adventure the world. Looking from his perceptive he cares about the nature and wants others to do the same. He sees the meaning of the rivers and how important the river is to us. John Lane is a person who loves anything with the wilderness and the nature. John says, “He is a public parks and wilderness guy.” By this he means
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