Whitman and Wilderness

Walt Whitman considers wilderness an escape from the troubles of society. He uses it as a simple way to enjoy life. There are countless instances where Whitman is just sitting back and enjoying life and he is doing it while being surrounded by nature. Take part 5 for example, he is enjoying while going on and wilderness is contributing to that. He feels like he is away from the pressures of society. Wilderness also shows that we are all equal through the use of wilderness. He does it with the question “what is grass?”. He points out that he doesn’t know any more than a child would. Society forgets that we are all the same but wilderness will quickly remind us that we are. You can also see why he likes to separate from society and be with wilderness in part 32. He doesn’t have to deal with other human beings in nature. It is his escape.

His definition matches up pretty well with my own. Just like Whitman, I think of wilderness as an escape. It allows us to be away from society. We can just be where everything is free and uncontrolled. Sometimes we need that escape.