Interpretation of the Ending Anecdotes in Charles Siebert's “The Artifice of the Natural”

Introduction

The Artifice of the Natural is an article written by Charles Siebert and was published in Harper magazine. The thesis statement of the article by the author shows that how nature can be seen from television program or media is different from reality. Siebert argues that people should perceive less artificial towards nature, and on the same time encourage people in order to return real nature after quoting famous words from people. He tries to persuade his audience through the support of his ideas, in order to reach high number of audience. Charles Siebert is an author, poet, journalist, essayist of the notification book. His quality of writing can be noted from the fact that his essay appeared in Harpers magazines on February 1993. Harpers are a monthly magazine which caters literatures, finance, culture, politics, economics history and arts.

Discussion

The first anecdote stated at the end of the article is about the La Qunita doctor that the author met during the Nepal tour. The author described the American doctor as someone who had white milky skin, body lingering on the boundaries of shapelessness, and he wore a polo shirt, tight slacks a La Qunita golf hat. This attire was completely different from the other doctors who were accompanying the author on the trip. The main idea about that the author portrays in this anecdote is that this doctor out performed all other doctors on the trip; while looking at nature through an eagle eye. The author points out that everyone else on the trip tried to spot something outstanding in the nature, but all attempts went in vain. On the other hand, the La Qunita doctor spotted the artifacts from nature as if he had a check list ...