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    The document summarizes William Cronon's view that the concept of wilderness has changed over time. Cronon argues that historically, wilderness was seen negatively as waste, barren, and savage, but now people see wilderness more positively as a place for peace and quiet observation. The summary references Cronon using a biblical allusion to Adam and Eve in Eden to contrast the original view of wilderness with the modern perspective, and it questions whether people agree with Thoreau's quote that wilderness preserves the world.

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    The document summarizes William Cronon's view that the concept of wilderness has changed over time. Cronon argues that historically, wilderness was seen negatively as waste, barren, and savage, but now people see wilderness more positively as a place for peace and quiet observation. The summary references Cronon using a biblical allusion to Adam and Eve in Eden to contrast the original view of wilderness with the modern perspective, and it questions whether people agree with Thoreau's quote that wilderness preserves the world.

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    Yvonne Chueh: Reading Response #4 (William Cronon) : September 16, 2013

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    The document summarizes William Cronon's view that the concept of wilderness has changed over time. Cronon argues that historically, wilderness was seen negatively as waste, barren, and savage, but now people see wilderness more positively as a place for peace and quiet observation. The summary references Cronon using a biblical allusion to Adam and Eve in Eden to contrast the original view of wilderness with the modern perspective, and it questions whether people agree with Thoreau's quote that wilderness preserves the world.

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    Yvonne Chueh: Reading Response #4 (William Cronon): September 16th, 2013

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    response, reaction, or connection to idea: Its interesting how people think about wilderness very differently than people do now. Cronan explained this by saying this is occurred due to a cultural invention. Before, wilderness meant waste, barren, and savagecertainly a negative annotation. However, people now turn to wilderness for peace and quiet observation about style or form: Biblical allusion was used in these two pages when Cronan described what wilderness was like for Adam and Eve, and contrasted that idea with the concept of wilderness people have now question this could prompt for class: I found this quote very interesting. Do people agree or disagree with Thoreau?

    passage from text: page 70~71 where Adam and Eve and Eden were mentioned

    idea or passage from text: Henry David Thoreau once famously declared, In Wildness is the preservation of the World.

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