In EB White's essay “Coon Tree,” White believes that nature is beautiful and technology is destructive. White describes raccoons living in a tree right next to his house. He also talks about his frustration with the transformation of his kitchen. White describes and talks about technology and how it is changing the world. He shows his love for nature and animals by providing lots of details about raccoons. White is so frustrated with new things replacing old things. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essayWhite loves a family of raccoons that lives in a tree right next to his house. His affection towards raccoons is demonstrated when he says, "He's like a member of our family." It is common for White who watches the raccoons to say, “The comings and goings of the mother are as much a part of my life at this time of year as my morning shave and my evening drink. ” The white man also knows when the raccoon leaves and when he comes home. White has had so many opportunities to kill the raccoon because it eats and ruins his corn, but he likes the closeness of the raccoon more than having five fewer ears of corn. He loves watching and watching the raccoon so much that he wakes up in the middle of the night to see it coming back to his tree.” . . I got into the habit of waking up at three to watch her come home and admire her faint silhouette against the sky as she carefully smells the bark all around…”. White says that the raccoon has two faces. She has an arboreal, maternal side, and an earthly, hunter side. When she is in the tree she takes care of her young and performs her maternal duties and when she hits the ground she is a hunter and will do anything to get food for her babies. White noticed that when the raccoon came down from the tree, it would go down backwards and then when it got about six feet off the ground it would change and go upside down. This is why he thinks she does it: “I think it's because, even though it comes naturally to her to go upside down, she doesn't want to get to the ground in that position for fear that an enemy will suddenly appear and take her at a disadvantage. . ”In the essay White talks about his frustration with the transformation of the kitchen. White believes that cooking has come a long way and that there is still a long way to go before it becomes good cooking again. White heard a speaker say, "The kitchen as we know it is a dead dodo," and White said, "I think the kitchen, like the raccoon, is a dead dodo only if you choose to shoot it dead." ” That statement right there tells us that White likes what we have. White doesn't want to transform the kitchen because he likes to work with what he has and he likes cooking. “Our cuisine today is a rich and intoxicating blend of past, present and future. . ” this says we already have a mixed cuisine, so why change it? White likes old appliances better than new ones. He prefers to have a wood stove rather than an electric stove because he would rather go get wood than find reading glasses to read the electric stove. Technology is changing so fast and coming out with so many new things that are changing the world. White thinks that technology is destructive because there is no evil in nature. White used a quote from Jim Bailey, who said “I have no sense of speed when I run,” he also said. . . and I never know how fast I'm going. The reason he put this in his essay is because this is how technology is changing. It is changing right before our eyes and it is almost impossible to recognize it. New technology that continues to emerge is making people start working today.