Sami, Luke
At Luke’s discussion, we discussed whether the Grand Canyon is capable of regaining its beauty. We came to the conclusion that it would be difficult to regain its beauty. No matter how much the Grand Canyon can change physically, the known evil of what took place in the past refrains the Canyon from being beautiful. This evil that occurred was when the British explorers stole, and murdered many natives for the land. Perry talks about how the Grand Canyon is basically hyped up in brochures, geography textbooks, postcards, and even the name itself. The name Grand Canyon alludes to a magical and majestic land. With all of the development of the land for tourism and such, it has lost much of its original beauty. Perry calls this many names: symbolic complex, preformed complex, preformulation, and more. People who know the background of the land can get upset or disappointed by its appearance, knowing that it was once a place where people lived and thrived.
