Friends of Nature - assignment 2/25

John Muir's, My First Summer in the Sierra, is a descriptive piece of writing that is unmatched compared to any other excerpt in this book. His words painted scenes and he gave every detail so anyone could visualize his story. The way he told his experiences of the animals he met made me feel like I was right there with him, watching the scene unfold. I was quite surprised in how different My First Summer in the Sierra was compared to A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf. To me, the style of the two writings contrasted in their descriptiveness and the way the story was told. I was amazed that both were written by the same author. These stories might have been written during different periods of Muir's life.