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What Are The Similarities Of A Storm In The Mountains And To An Aged Bear

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Rouch 1
S. J. Rouch
Mr. Shambaugh
English 10 Honors
February 23, 2023

The Similarities of A Storm in the Mountains and To An Aged Bear

Forces of nature are unstoppable and unmoving processes that will change for nothing. No matter what humans or animals are capable of the forces of nature always have the final say in the structure of the world. Both poems put this into perspective and comment on the unwavering natural force present in life. Storms and death are unstoppable even for the mightiest of creatures but that is what makes them beautiful they will always come, so when they do, why not enjoy them? A Storm in the Mountains has a message about the fragility of human life and the insignificance of one's life in the grand scheme of the universe. Human life is able to be controlled either by others or by yourself but a storm is something out of anyone's reach. Storms are a constant within the world that come and go at their own will and no one else's. The storm could also represent death as nothing within the world can live forever. Death is constantly marching forward toward all life …show more content…

Death like the previously mentioned storm will always come to pass but it is not the end. Even for a mighty creature such as a bear or a perceived unchanging vast stretch of mountains nature will always prevail and shape and warp all things within reality and eventually end them as all things must come to an end and be reborn in a new shape. Both poems use nature as an unstoppable force to frame life as beautiful yet insignificant. As living beings are temporary it grants them an outlook on things that are unstoppable as fantastic and beautiful. life is short and nature will prevail overall; however, accepting the fact that you cannot change nature grants peace as both the hikers in the storm and the bear found bliss in accepting what nature

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