John Muir was one of the most influential people alive at the turn of the 19th century. He had met with President Teddy Roosevelt, and by doing so he had helped establish the National parks system.The Reason for that was because Mister Muir enamoured nature to an almost obsessive level. In his book, My First Summer in the Sierra, Muir describes all of the natural wonders of the Sierra Nevada Mountain range in Western California. During the novel Muir explores that mountains and shares all the sights, sound, and beings he meets. From the St. Bernard, Carlo, to the sheep he is shepherding, to the everyday animals like ants and worms. He sees a divine beauty in it all, and he is able to see how this connection to nature is able to help people. This is why he believed that the wild places need to be saved. …show more content…
He sees the wilderness as an ever changing show, and people spend months working, saving, and cutting back to afford a show of this sort. But here is this show with an ensemble of rotating characters and immaculate sets all for free.
“And why should this appear extravagant? It is only common sense, a sign of health, genuine, natural, all-awake health. One would be at an endless Godful play, and what speeches and music and acting and scenery and lights!--sun, moon, stars, auroras. Creation just beginning, the morning stars "still singing together and all the sons of God shouting for joy” (Chapter 9)
He knows that the way that he lives is the most enjoyable way to live, and that everyone should experience this majestic and divine