How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
For any little wild things living in the clearing we must have seemed like visitors from Hell, not visitors to it. (3.38)
Wow, this thought really flips this theme on its head: Instead of it being man versus the natural world, it's more like the natural world versus man. Make sense when we think about it.
Quote #5
Kevin wanted to weigh the sleeping bag down in the creek with rocks until the snake drowned; Homer wasn't too keen on that. He liked his sleeping bag. (4.3)
Huh… We thought Homer might not like the idea because he respects animals' rights to life, but no—he respects his right to a sleeping bag.
Quote #6
And like black bats screaming out of the sky, blotting out the stars, a V-shaped line of jets raced overhead […]. There was a new atmosphere. The sweetness had gone; the sweet burning coldness had been replaced by a new humidity. I could smell the jet fuel. (4.19)
Here we see man interrupting nature, destroying the sense of calm it gives Ellie and infusing the air around her with an ominous sense.