The Amish Country Analysis

When I was sixteen, my family and I visited the Amish country. As we toured the area, I found myself very fascinated or interested in the vast grassland and the citizens pre industrial choice of living style. I see the beauty or significance in the Amish country. In my eyes, its as if we are going back in time to the pre industrial era. But in the eyes of my family it was just another day of buying iteams and touring a different society. It is observed or commonly know that people fail to see the true beauty in an experience. Or even afraid or have to have someone else’s approval on what a person originally found interesting or exciting. And then based off of what that person’s opinion is, it might even change your opinion. Which could cause you to lack that beautiful observation or opinion you once had. In the first story Percy explains a family vacation to the Grand Canyon. He talked about how the family takes the two week tour and sees the Grand Canyon. As Percy did explains the family did see the Grand Canyon but did they see it for what it is. In my interpretation of what Percy is trying to explain is that there “seeing” is just gazing. Futhermore, they did not see the beauty in the Grand Canyon because of the symbolic complex. There seeings or gazing is based off of

Its almost as if you have to sort of brag or even try impress someone and how their opinion could change yours. Like the family in Percy’s essay probably went on the two week tour to look impressive or extremely fascinated with the Grand Canyon. More than likely the family took tons of pictures at a place that looked like it had a good scenery, but not truly embracing their surroundings or scenery, but just to take a picture and post it or show it to impress others who view those