Subject: nature Thesis: Humans need nature for a since of "otherness". Conserving Mother Nature In the essay, "Very Like a Whale," Robert Finch's main idea is that nature should be protected because man "…has a crying need to confront otherness in the universe." (pg. 97) He also argues that organisms have a right to exist, that humans are in jeopardy of losing contact with nature and that restricting the world to just zoos hurts mankind as …showed first 75 words of 698 total…

…showed last 75 words of 698 total…throwing the entire balance off, and we are succeeding in that ability. With each tree that is cut down and with each organism or plant that becomes extinct, we are taking one step forward to our destruction. The solution to this problem is found in one word: protection. We must protect the forests that give us oxygen, protect the organisms that help us get food and protect the plants that enable us to fight diseases.