Essay - Mowat as a Young Boy, Farley Mowat Spent Much of...

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As a young boy, Farley Mowat spent much of his time enjoying the natural world around him and taking care of both wild and domestic animals. This love for both is seen in his books, including Never Cry Wolf. Through his books, Mowat shows how nature is able to offer humans ways of making ********** present lives more sat*****fying. During his observations in the *****, he saw that wolves were intelligent creatures who only ate what they needed ***** survive. They usually lived on rodents or sick, old and weak caribou if necessary. The ***** helped strengthen the caribou herd by killing the weakest of ***** animals. Another one ***** ********** themes is the environment ***** the way that ***** pose a danger to ********** natural habitat. Yet, many people are living in cities today ***** do not see the importance of going back to nature or ***** c***** of the environment. They believe that te*****hnology and advancements in science ***** health will solve future problems. These people do not understand the *****sights and better lifestyle that can be gained from nature and *****.

***** humans evolved ***** ***** closely with nature in the savannahs and f*****ests for almost all their 120,000 year history. The cultivation of plants and the ********** of animals let them live ***** permanent settlements ***** rapidly increase their population. This *****gan the separation from nature. People used to live and depend on the natural *****. Now ***** live ***** depend ***** technology, which is becoming more and more complex.

*****, modern life with more new ***** is not helping people feel better about themselves or their daily *****. Most ***** can handle the normal stresses of modern life without any problems. However, there are ***** individuals, especially in their teenage and young adult **********, who can***** cope with the stresses ***** mak*****g decisions, a lot of ch*****nge in their lives, a fast-paced life and becoming older with more responsibilities.

Other issues with spending ***** in a modern-life environment include spending a lot of time in*****ors; poor nutrition ***** food processing ***** causes allergies and health problems; too much sugar, carbohydrates and low-fat foods; noise overload; lack of exercise; unpleasant relationships; and boring school and work. ***** people become depressed, have trouble sleeping and may look for other ways to feel ***** such as drugs or alcohol. Some researchers believe that illnesses ***** as attention deficit disorder and immune problems exist because modern life is radically different from the ***** ***** humans evolved in (Norden 1995).

***** in ***** ***** world also means that people have so m***** demands placed on them that they ***** they cannot handle them or cope. *****re are a variety of different *****. People make demands on ***** and ***** make demands on other peoples' re*****urces and ***** while other things are on*****. Also, there ***** numerous daily concerns such as overcrowded public and private transportation, lines everywhere and school and work deadlines. The more the stress, ***** greater the