Portrait Of America The Pacific Northwest

28 Lipiec  •  author , Seattle , change , opposed , changed , person , stood , progress

Just before his death the celebrated novelist set out on a journey in search for Americas soul When the author first saw Seattle it was a small town nested on the hills a city of open spaces trees and gardens But times had changed this Seattle bore no to the Seattle that he knew Highway lanes barbed wire fences bulldozers and huge factories stood in their place In sum Seattle too bore all the signs of and progress The author says that he is not in principle opposed to progress nor is he opposed to change But this was not change for the better this was a sort of cancerous grown upon the earth Seattle had changed beyond all The virgin forests had been torn down and concrete walls stood where they should have been The hallmark says the author of decay and Seattle had become just another city one more among a growing number of such cities spread across the length and breadth ofAmerica In other words Seattle had lost her uniqueness her identity and her soul In describing his journey the author says that person to person contacts had dwindled People were expected to look after themselves whether it was toasting a toast or fetching the morning newspaper Outwardly there was comfort and comforts that would have been described as luxuries in an earlier time But says the author these luxuries were provided by machines and not by his fellow men This the author found somewhat difficult to accept The author was alive to the earth and as far as he was concerned silence smacked of death This abstract is mainly about the changing face of America brought about by and The author being an oldtimer wistfully clings to his memories of the past But he too is swept away by the tide of inexorable change There is nothing much he can do but to bewail the direction that thisSamuel Johnson miała zmiana używane powiedzieć że jednym z celów podróży jest zapewnienie wyboru aby jedynek i zamiast myślenia o jak rzeczy mogą być aby je zobaczyć jak są one naprawdę to prawdy jest przez wymuszenie wniesiona domu do znanych autora i realizacji on że utracił on dotykowego z jego soul Narodów 26 2009 r