For my environmental literature essay, I have chosen to write about Jack Kerouak. So far I have been thinking about how it will be best to represent this material. I have read this book before and I loved it, it portrays nature in a way that can be universally appreciated. Instead of looking at it from a scientific standpoint, Kerouak looks at nature as an adventurer. I think he writes about it in a very poetic way as well. The struggle I am facing however, is how to separate the humanistic views and biases in the novel from the descriptions. The novel is set in Big Sur, a location in Northern California. Another reason I am excited to write about this book, is that I have camped in this area before. While I admittedly have not done too much vacationing, this is the most beautiful location I have ever seen. The book is set over 50 years ago, so the environmental issues are another obstacles. While there are some small hints at problems of urbanization, Kerouak could not have had any idea of how bad it was going to get. Research into this, as well as logging(which has become a huge threat to the area) is how I really would like to present this novel.
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