Timothy Treadwell Similarities

The Grizzly man also known as Timothy Treadwell thought he could be one with nature by going to Alaska and living with bears for 13 years. Some would consider him a transcendentalist like the writers Emmerson and Thoreau. Some would argue he is just a nut case playing with bears just like Thoreau was a loser who played in Emmerson’s back yard only to move back with his parents. Thoreau was so into nature he only lived about 2 miles from town. Some would consider Treadwell and Thoreau very similar. Herzog in his film about Timothy expressed a lot of beauty in nature; but he also couldn’t stress enough that Treadwell’s decision of stupidity was dangerous, and irresponsible. In my opinion I would …show more content…
The difference between him and timothy was their opinions on how he lived his life with nature. Herzog said in his film, “ I believe the common denominator of the universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility, and murder.” Meaning nature is beautiful but there is a yin and yang. Natural selection, chaos, hostility, and murder come with the beauty of nature itself. It balances out the universe and in Herzog’s and many others opinion Treadwell was not respecting that theory and messing with the balance. Herzog said in this film of Timothy Treadwell, “And what haunts me, is that in all the faces of all the bears that Treadwell ever filmed, I discover no kinship, no understanding, no mercy. I see only the overwhelming indifference of nature. To me, there is no such thing as a secret world of the bears. And this blank stare speaks only of a half-bored interest in food. But for Timothy Treadwell, this bear was a friend, a savior.” This argues that the bears were never this man’s friend. They were bears living their lives. . They still looked at him as if he was food or some crazy person in their environment. Timothy submerged himself in their lives which a museum director was asked for his opinion and he said just that. He said in the film, “He tried to be a bear. He tried to act like a bear, and for us on the island, you don't do that. You don't invade on their …show more content…
Timothy and Thoreau had a lot in common in the satisfaction of others. They both were considered disappointments too many. Timothy was messing with nature and was doing dangerous work. Thoreau said he lived in nature when in reality; he was only 2 miles from the nearest town. Others thought there work has some beauty behind it. This in my prospective Thoreau did have key moments and quotes in his writing. Like the transparent eye he talks about has deeper meaning to it as did Treadwell’s work with the bears. They both had shown the world there is more than meets the eye. Whether it was Thoreau’s writing or the beauty caught in nature by Timothy’s