Reaction to Essays

As I read the essays, there was a distinct sympathy towards trees. All three authors sympathized for the trees and their inability to move. In Muir's view, trees are helpless when encountering threats like a human, but trees without any interference have lived and thrived for so long. As put by Muir "God has cared for these trees", once again proving trees can survive by themselves. Recently tree life has diminished as they are in danger of being cut down and used for space; In Dillard's essay she explains trees are "not our competitors" therefore we should try to destroy them for they are vulnerable and can " never get away" as Robert Frost wrote in his poem. Before the humans, trees lavished the world, living freely "as it grows wiser and older" (Frost). Now after reading these essays I feel a strong respect towards trees and feel they should be allowed to go and be fruitful wherever they are.