Paul Bogard discusses the absolute need to preserve and sustain natural darkness. In his work "Let There Be Light." Bogard's overall concept is that the world needs darkness for ecological, social, and medical purposes. On the third and sixth paragraph of Paul Bogard's "Let There Be Dark" Bogard addresses the readers and their kin. "But now, when 8 out of 10 children born in the United States will never know a sky dark enough for the Milky Way." Bogard uses the emotions of his readers to show that we need darkness. He claims that out of ten children only two will be able to witness the Milky Way. "Those of us over 35 are perhaps among the last generation to have known truly dark nights." Bogard pulls in his readers of which are born after …show more content…
"...our bodies need darkness to sleep. Sleep disorders have been linked to diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and depression." Bogard reveals the bad side of artificial light. Bogard insists that man-made light is causing us to lose sleep, which could cause a variety of diseases and disorders which people would normally like to steer away from. "-the 400 species of birds that migrate at night in North America, the sea turtles that come ashore to lay their eggs- and some are not, such as the bats that save American farmers billions in pest control and the moths that pollinate 80% of the world's flora." Within that quote, Bogard argues that humans without a doubt need natural darkness to sustain ecological and marine life or in Bogard's words "... without darkness, Earth's ecology would collapse..." Bogard also used quotes from the AMA (American Medical Association) "...and the American Medical Association has voiced its unanimous support for 'light pollution reduction efforts and glare reduction efforts at both the national and state levels.'" He uses quotes from the World Health Organization "Already the World Health Organization classifies working the night shift as a probable human carcinogen..." Lastly, he uses quotes from NASA "...based on NASA photographs, show that what was a very dark country as recently as the 1950s is now …show more content…
The beginning of "Let There Be Dark" is a personal story from Bogard's past. "At my family's cabin on a Minnesota lake, I knew woods so dark that my hands disappeared before my eyes. I knew night skies in which meteors left smokey trails across sugary spreads of stars." Many writers that write to change someone's opinion use personal experience because it can link the author to the reader. Following the quote above "... I worry we are rapidly losing night's natural darkness before realizing its worth." Bogard intentionally inserts a story from his boyhood to connect with his readers and then lays down his thesis statement: natural darkness is essential. In the reader's mind, they already have an unconscious connection with the author so they would never think that the author would lie so they would believe what the author's thesis statement
The book All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doer, was not your traditional love and war story. It’s about a young blind girl named Marie growing up in the war, who had a connection with a young boy named Werner who is a part of the Hitler youth. There are a few other characters who are all in different parts of the world, and yet they eventually all meet up together and find out they all have some type of connection between each other. All of the characters in the book were affected by the war, and caused them to change into the characters that they ended up to be.
“Art can use the power of visual image to challenge and even change popular opinions about important and universal issues. Art can be a very influential way to give a strong, direct comments and criticisms on things that have happened in society and culture.” (Rehab-Mol J, 1998, p6) Indigenous art is mostly about connecting to their land and their religious belief; however, art has different forms, especially the Indigenous contemporary art as it uses ‘modern materials in a mixed cultural context’. (Aboriginal Art Online, 2000)
The author then uses darkness to describe the faces of the adults on Sunday evenings after dinner when everyone is relaxing with their own thought's. "For a moment nobody's talking but every face looks darkening, like the sky outside...The silence, the darkness coming and the darkness in the faces frighten the child obscurel...
James Wright was a poet that dealt with many hardships in his life, but he found a way to turn those negative moments into beautiful works of poetry. As a child, he lived in poverty with his family and later on suffered with depression and alcoholism. Growing up in Ohio, Wright learned how to work hard which is reflected in his poetic achievements. Wright turned his struggles into poems and for him to be able to achieve success through his pain is what makes his work American. Frank McShane wrote “The Search for Light” in Peter Stit and Frank Graziano’s James Wright: A Profile, and in the book McShane includes: “James Wright knew how restricted most American lives were” (131). For Wright to be able to live the “restricted” life McShane is discussing,
True son and his battle to get back to his Indian family. This is also
... middle of paper ... ... Its unfortunate the average person is blind to many discoveries that surround them or right in front of them. In Annie Dillard’s words, “Everywhere darkness and the presence of the unseen appalls.we rock, cradled in the swaddling band of darkness.
In the French coastal town of Saint- Malo in August 1944, War World II is coming to its high point. The allies are landing and fighting against Germany. Anthony Doerr’s “All the Light We Cannot See” is a historical fiction book, with a wide-ranging language and characters who are both courageous and heartbreaking. Doerr brings together the stories of a French girl named Marie-Laure, who has lost her eyesight and a German orphan named Werner. As Hitler upsurges, Marie-Laure and Werner lives and families are torn apart by the war. Anthony Doerr 's’ use of imagery, and metaphor, he stresses the damage of life that war creates. Since the characters were affected by the war and also affected by their experiences, all characters went through a change
“A sensible man will remember that the eyes may be confused in two ways- by a change from light to darkness or from darkness to light; and he will recognize the same thing happens to the soul” (Plato 3). In a literal meaning, the term dark is defined as, “with little or no light,” and the term light is defined as, “the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible” (Dictionary.com). However, when used in a piece of work, such as this one, darkness and light can be associated with an endless amount of meanings. For instance, by using imagery, any author can write a story about one event that’s happening, but have a deeper, more meaningful message that isn’t so straightforward. For example, in both Oedipus the King and “The Allegory
darkness, they [should not] not go there. If man dislikes black night and yawning chasms, then should he not even consider them? Shouldn't man seek out the sunshine, instead? The
Hunt, Jonathan. "In Darkness." The Horn Book Magazine Mar.-Apr. 2012: 111+. Academic OneFile. Web. 29 Apr. 2014
“The sky, without a speck, was a benign immensity of unstained light” (Conrad 2). By using wording such as “benign” and “unstained”, it paints a picture in one’s mind of a kindly, pure environment. Since the story begins here, it seems as though the tale has begun in the light, and accordingly, honesty, and as the day progresses will descend into darkness and thus falsehood. As Marlow begins to speak, he contemplates the history of the land around him. “Light came out of this river since-you say knights? Yes; but it is like a running blaze on a plain, like a flash of lightning in the clouds. We live in the flicker-may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling! But darkness was here yesterday” (Conrad 3). He speaks of our world as a “flicker”, a twinkle in the “darkness” that was present before our civilization arose. T...
When was the last time you really looked up at the stars? Have you forgotten they were there, or has light pollution blinded us? This is a problem that has been going on for a while now, and its getting worse. People only hear about the major pollutions, like water and air. They do not realize or never heard about light pollution and its effect on the planet. The media only talk about how global warming is killing our animals, but do not talk about how light pollution is killing us. “Our Vanishing Night”, written by Verlyn Klinkenborg, a graduate from Pomona College with a PhD from Princeton University, explains how light pollution is effecting worldwide. “News’n’More”, “O Stars, Where Are You? , is and article which agrees with Klinkenborg. Both articles agree the light pollution is effecting our environment and harming our beloved species.
Darkness by Lord Byron is a romantic piece of literature depicting the bleak demise of our current world. The speaker begins his poem as a “dream” but “not all a dream,” (1) immediately showing doubt for the story to follow. The poet then imagines the end of the world through a series of natural, social, and supernatural events. Byron does not believe in life after death or a certain religion; therefore, the end is really the end. This idea that life is over after death, intensifies the “darkness” in the poem. During the time Byron wrote this poem, there was a theory that the sun would burn out the earth, basically destroying the world. This influenced Byron to write Darkness because the earth in reality was headed toward a dark black place of nothing. This could be a reason that Byron wrote that the palaces and huts would be burned to give light and warmth because it is much needed in this dark world. He uses diction and imagery in this piece to increase the darkness and gloominess of it. Lord Byron utilizes these stylistic techniques to convey the theme of the future conclusion; da...
The "Heart of Darkness," written by Joseph Conrad in 1899 as a short story, is about two men who face their own identities as what they consider to be civilized Europeans and the struggle to not to abandon their themselves and their morality once they venture into the "darkness." The use of "darkness" is in the book's title and in throughout the story and takes on a number of meanings that are not easily understood until the story progresses. As you read the story you realize that the meaning of "darkness" is not something that is constant but changes depending on the context it used.
The poem " Domination of Black" by Wallace Stevens takes place on an early autumn night, focusing at one point on a person in a room thinking about darkness, while a fire is going in a fireplace nearby. A few images appear repetitively, which tie the poem together more clearly.