{"id":585,"date":"2015-02-27T14:54:39","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T19:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/?page_id=585"},"modified":"2017-02-20T21:16:44","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T02:16:44","slug":"natural-innocence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/?page_id=585","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;A View of the Woods&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below is the link to an academic research essay I wrote focusing on Georgia author,\u00a0Flannery O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s short story, &#8220;A View of the Woods.&#8221; \u00a0An interesting aspect of this project was the research I conducted to tie my opinion of O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s short story to a larger ecological criticism. I titled it<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AugustaCanalBlog5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1008 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AugustaCanalBlog5.jpg\" alt=\"augusta canal \" width=\"288\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AugustaCanalBlog5.jpg 480w, https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AugustaCanalBlog5-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Nat.Inn4834PortFinal.pdf\">Natural Innocence<\/a>&#8220;<\/h3>\n<p>I often begin with my own argument and thoughts on the piece, and then I start researching. I attempt to find both scholars who agree and disagree with my argument. I equate childlike innocence with a love for the natural, and experience with the machinations of progress.<\/p>\n<p>Through the process of this project, I learned I was skilled at talking about nature, and tying ecological concerns to my study of literature. The process of writing this paper was exciting and difficult. I found the drafting process as the paper progressed so valuable. I realized I had something important to say about this topic. I was less confident in my abilities as a writer when this was written. I can see now that I discovered the kind of writing I want to do. I see now that the projects I feel most passionate about always involve nature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is the link to an academic research essay I wrote focusing on Georgia author,\u00a0Flannery O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s short story, &#8220;A View of the Woods.&#8221; \u00a0An interesting aspect of this project was the research I conducted to tie my opinion of O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s short story to a larger ecological criticism. I titled it \u00a0&#8220;Natural Innocence&#8220; I often begin &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/?page_id=585\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8220;A View of the Woods&#8221;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":570,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-585","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=585"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1571,"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/585\/revisions\/1571"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}