Nature’s Work (Anaylsis of a Blizzard Under Blue Sky)

Houston counts to be an extremely talented writer. It comes as no surprise that A Blizzard under Blue turn over is a truly compelling short story (despite the fact that it only spans four pages). The reason Houston is able to draw readers in is because she opens by introducing the underlying division of the piece, than puts the topic on the back burner to make room for a fascinating narrative, and in the end ties the theme and the tale together without making the connection seem forced.Based on her writing structure, the three key points of A Blizzard under Blue Sky seem to be identifying her problems/treating depression, persevering through a surface death experience, and then realizing how the cardinal are intertwined. Houston opens the story by detailing what has got her down in life there are bills to pay, work to be done, and available men. The combination of this, and maybe even the haze of winter, made it so that the machine that drives you is broken (Houston 284).In the story, the doctor suggested medication to get her functioning correctly again, simply Houston was adamant that she would never fix her depression with pills. She came up with an alternative solution winter camping. From here, Houston drops basically all discussion about her depression. As a result, the reader intimately forgets why she was going camping in the first place. Instead of dwelling, she immerses herself in temperament hoping to get the same results as a prescription would ingest achieved artificially.One plagiarize in particular perfectly describes her healing go through temper, when everything in your life is uncertain, theres nothing quite like the clarity and the clearcutness of fresh snow and blue sky (Houston 284). Although her initial accounts of winter camping seem jovial and fun (she even mentions that the clarity and the sereneness feels like the fourth dimension). Houstons experience quickly takes a turn for the worse. The sun creeping behind the mounta ins amplifies her lack of experience and her lack of supplies.Accordingly, she is faced with a fourteen hour sleepless night where her only concern is survival (for both her and her dogs). When the sun came up on Houses snow cave the next daytime, she describes a savour of pure joy and relief based on the fact that she is alive. For the first time in many months I was happy to see a day beginning (Houston 287). She forgot about the bills, the man, and about the depression. Life and happiness because synonymous.The final key point of A Blizzard under Blue Sky is the first two key points combined experiencing nature is an excellent focal point to deal with depression because it allows one to stick remembered about joy. Houston asserts that nature forces you to step outside of your problems and boob simplicity. Her story is tangible (maybe a little extreme) example of this, but it undoubtedly encourages the readers to use the natural world as a resource to facilitate hopefulness. I thought A Blizzard under Blue Sky was a wonderful story and achieved exactly what it intended to.It provoked happiness, maybe even surprise based on the fact that upon setting out Houston was initially skeptical about the healing power of the natural world, and in turn found how subverter an extreme experience can be. Whats most interesting is that Houston immediately turned down anti-depressants. Most people would be thrilled at the conniption of a pill filling the void in their lives. Pam Houston had a different view, one of the things I love most about the natural world is the way it gives you whats good for you even if you dont know it at the time (Houston 284).The important thing to note here is that she did not know how nature would heal her, but she had an unwavering faith that it would even in extremely harsh conditions. Prior to reading this story, my experiences with nature imbibe not been all that recognize I have never had a life changing experience as a direct re sult of the natural world. Houston helped me to identify why I have never stumbled upon such an organic change before. While she experienced joy by letting go of everything but the prospect of life, I have always gone into the environment with expectations and goals. I intend to change this.In the terms of the big picture, this story ties directly with all her other writings I have read in my free time (Cowboys are my Weakness, Waltzing the Cat, Sight Hound). What we can gather from this story, is that nature is a powerful tool for contemplation, introspection, and healing. It is no coincidence that nature retreats are popular and powerful experiences. One can undoubtedly experience God, and do some meaningful soul searching while experiencing Gods creation first hand. I think that this piece of literature is getting at a very important point emotional fluctuations are fatal but they dont have to be debilitating.In her story, Houston is going through a very difficult time, and her problems are very universal love, work, and money. The natural journey that she consequently details prove that sorrow is curable (medication is not needed). In terms of my life, I intend to take the lessons taught by Houston and apply them to my life. With that being said, I dont have the time to go camping on a regular basis, nor do I have the desire to, but I will seize any opportunity I can to expand my natural boundaries.This might include exploring a national park on a weekend instead of going to a movie, or it might mean vacationing to the wilderness of Utah instead of defaulting back to the same beaches I have always gone to. Whatever my wilderness emersion ends up being, rest assured that I will go out of my way to seize it. perhaps I will experience a life or death situation and come out with a new found conception of joy, but even if I dont, I will soak up whatever nature has to offer me.