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Analysis of Nicholas Kristof's Article "How to Lick a Slug"
Hello, Mother Goose. This is Mother Nature. Yes, Mother Nature! Yes, Yes. I am the one with the tall green, breezy trees, singing birds, with fields full of flowers, and dancing streams…
How sad it is to think how much today’s generation does not know the beauty and comfort of the nation’s “Great Outdoors”. They never have experienced the late night summer drizzle upon their tents’ roof, or simply soaked in the peaceful essence nature has to offer. Many have never experienced sitting by a campfire roasting marshmallows while being enchanted by a song from natures best choir composed of tree frogs, crickets, and hooting owls.
Nicholas Kristof’s article, “How to lick a Slug” makes an appeal to get today’s generation outdoors which in turn will help support and preserve nature. He draws attention to this particular subject by addressing how few children know what happens when you lick a yellow banana slug. He used a British study to emphasize children can identify more Japanese cartoon characters than they can identify natures simplest creatures such as an otter or a beetle. Some could not even identify an oak leaf.
Children today are more engrossed in today’s technology than they are in getting outside and experiencing nature. Kristof refers to Richard Louv’s book, “Last Child in the Woods,” where one child is noted he would rather play indoors because . . . read more.
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