A Native Hill

Wow!  What a reading.  I get the feeling that the writer, Wendall  Berry is very ambivalent about his heritage.  He both loves and hates what his ancestors have passed down to him.  He speaks about distroying the land but seems to recognize the path of progress.  He appreciates more fully what he grew up with, the comfort that he posessed without thinking about it.  Now as an adult he must come to terms with everything progres sbrings with it.  He sees the human race as violent and ignorant.  He finds himself going back to nature to reclaim his humbleness and to appreciate all that God has given on Earth.