The Bird Eye View of the World

The Bird Eye View of the World. Barbara Kingsolver’s book High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never is a collection of twenty-five different essays. They do not seem connected to each other at the first sight, but in reality, a few major themes, such as parenting, motherhood, family life and nature, connect them together. Several of the essays contain a critique of different aspects in the U.S. culture on which the …showed first 75 words of 1612 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1612 total…refusal to promote yourself is perceived as arrogance”(163), in “In the Belly of the Beast” she criticized the Pentagon for using the nuclear weapons, and so on. I have learned so many interesting things about nature, about American culture from this book, and I like it. I know that all the knowledge that I got from it such as her suggestions for parents, and interesting details about nature life, will not be “just valuable skills.”