Find a compelling definition of science or nature. Make sure to meticulously document the source

Find a compelling definition of science or nature. Make sure to meticulously document the source of this definition. NO DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS; HOWEVER, you may use as a “definition” a compelling, challenging CLAIM about science or nature that somehow describes or characterizes them, as long as your lens material provides critical vocabulary for you to use. Then choose the David Abram, Annie Dillard, or Walker Percy essay. Use this definition as a lens through which to read the essay. Write about what that lens reveals about the essay – its subject, its author, and maybe even the ideas or assumptions behind the essay: What does this definition reveal about the reading that you might otherwise miss? How does the definition itself shift in meaning or implication once you use it to take on the text you’ve chosen? Make use of your “close reading” skills; that is, choose one or more key passages to quote and analyze; this will help provide “evidence” to support your claims about, or interpretation of, the text. Write to an audience who have not read Dillard or Percy. That means you will have to practice your summarizing and paraphrasing skills as well.
As I read these, I will be on the alert for your ability to read both with and against the grain – to understand Abram, Dillard, or Percy, but to also think deeply and critically about what they say. The lens should help you go beyond the first, superficial, or obvious statements one might make about these texts. Ultimately, the lens should provide critical vocabulary, and enable you to somehow address this question:
If (Abram’s, Dillard’s, or Percy’s essay) is somehow about (claims made by your lens/definition), then what do they say about those claims?
You should be quoting specific passages of Dillard or Percy in order to support your argument. You will also need to employ various examples as evidence to support each claim.
Stipulative definitions are allowed. (A stipulative definition is one that works only for the specific purposes of your argument.)
This should be double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12-point font, with an MLA format for in-text citations and the works cited page (see your handbook). It should be approximately three pages. Go longer or be shorter if you need to: quality is more important than quantity.