Over time, the relationship between people and nature has spread further and further apart. Author, Richard Louv in “Last Child in the Woods” argues how nature is being replaced with technology. Louv begins the article with the evidence of altering nature to change how it looks instead of keeping it the way it was created. Then he provides an anecdote about a customer refusing a television to be built into a car. In the third paragraph, he uses imagery to remind the reader of memories of looking at nature out the car window before electronics were so easily accessible.
Louv shows how technology is creating “synthetic nature” through genetic mutation of butterflies (Louv). Advertisers feel that “ sponsorship-wise, it’s time for nature to carry its weight” (Louv). This displays that, while everyone does not realize that technology is already covering up the beauty of nature. The use of real examples of how people and nature are very separate helps the reader realize the relationship between them is not the same as it used to be.
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The purpose of this is to remind the reader of memories about looking out the car window before technology was readily available in the car like it is now. The vivid imagery emphasizes how nature is “still available to the eye” it is just the people that choose to look at screens instead of what's outside (louv). Many children have missed out on the experiences older generations have had of nature and the views of the real world. He does this to create a more personal bond with the reader and to improve his