The Pioneers: Opposing views

The Pioneers Opposing Views on Nature During the time period the Novel, The Pioneers, the landscape around the city of Templeton is undergoing a great transition. What was once unsettled landscape with huge forests, thousands of animals roaming the countryside and unlimited resources, is now turning into a civilization filled with men determined to expend those resources. The novel is divided up into two types of people: those whose goal is to preserve nature and …

…Natty's eyes. He fights to uphold the laws of nature, but sadly is defeated. In the end, it is the Judges way of living that prevails: Natty is imprisoned for his crimes against the law. Knowing now that there is no use in fighting an inevitable transition towards "civilization," all he can do is dodge it in every way possible. In the end, he leaves Templeton in search for any unsettled territory that might exist.