In the essay “Let There Be Light”, the author Paul Bogard argues that due to the overwhelming amount of light pollution, natural darkness is being lost. He uses, personal anecdotes, imagery, and factual evidence to defend his claim. To begin his article, Bogard recalls a personal story; his vacations at his family's Minnesota lake house as a child and the way that his “hands disappeared before [his] eyes”. By sharing his past experience he is intentionally making the reader remember their own experiences similar to his in which they were amazed and comforted by the similar feeling of darkness. This not only draws his readers in, making them want to delve deeper into the topic, it also establishes certain emotions that now correlate with the word darkness. Bogard then continues to strengthen his argument on the preservation of darkness by sharing broad and common instances in which further play on the emotions of the reader; “Consider how it brings us together with those we love, how we illuminate our most intimate experiences with flame or moonlight”. This excerpt not only installs a personal instance within the minds of the reader, but also establishes validity to his claims by doing so. …show more content…
Bogard furthers his arguments by adding imagery into his words; “What would a winter evening stroll through the park be without [darkness]?
Or a candlelight dinner? Or a New Year's bonfire with friends?” Although this installs a more situation type picture for the reader rather than one single image, it allows the reader to further relate to the topic and feel its impact more personally. To continue, Bogard’s use of generally pleasant ideas also cause the reader to identify darkness with the same emotions that arise while reading these scenarios. For example, because he related a “bonfire with friends” to darkness, warmth, comfort, and joy will then be transferred onto the thought and feelings of
darkness. Finally, throughout his article, Bogard uses factual evidence to support his claims; “Computer images of the United States at night, based on NASA photographs, show that what was a very dark country as recently as the 1950s is now nearly covered with a blanket of light.” Through the use of evidence, especially evidence supported by a commonly known reliable source, Bogard can further validate his case. This in turn gives the reader a greater sense of dependability on the topic, allowing them to believe the information within the article stronger while also persuading them that the loss of natural darkness is a real occurrence and its preservation is essential. Bogard then goes on to say, “Europe are changing to LED streetlights”. This additionally allows the reader to familiarize themselves with the topic through a well known place while supplying them with real efforts to solve the problem. By writing about his strong opinions on the loss of natural darkness, Paul Bogard argues through the use of personal anecdotes, imagery, and factual evidence that we, as a whole, must fight to preserve what is left of darkness.
“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)
In this passage, an excerpt from Anthony Doerr’s novel, All the Light We Cannot See, Doerr depicts Werner, an orphan German boy, visiting Frederick’s house, whom he had met in Schulpforta, an elite Nazi academy. Through the experiences Werner has with Frederick’s family in Berlin, Doerr emphasizes Werner’s discomfort towards Frederick’s relationship with his mother to convey the corrupt nature of parental love may harm the child.
As society continuously expands, building new structures, light pollution becomes increasingly problematic. Paul Bogard addresses this problem and argues against the increasing light pollution in his writing, “Let There Be Dark.” Through his use of the ethos and pathos, Bogard attempts to persuade his audience of the beauty of natural darkness.
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,
Though in conventional literature light is representative of a higher power or enlightenment, The Stranger uses light in a confusing, suffocating sense. The unusual use of light leads to Mersault’s ironic enlightenment in the darkness of his prison cell, when he realizes the true “indifference of the world” (122). After all of the instances where the light was overwhelming to Mersault, he finds peace in the darkness. He is able to recognize the truth.
...ould become unnecessary and meaningless "if only the darkness", like nothingness, "could be perfect and permanent" (116). Nothingness does preclude individual identity of any sort, however. Surrendering completely to nothingness would negate any possibility of authentic intimate human relations: the one source of meaning and happiness to Sylvie.
Feelings of isolated darkness are something everyone is acquainted with sometime in their life, no matter how drastic the situation is, everyone experiences dark struggles. In the poem, “Acquainted With the Night,” Robert Frost illuminates how difficult, lonely hardships affects people. In “Acquainted With the Night,” a man, or the speaker, is on a night walk, pondering his life. Everywhere he walks, he feels disclosed from everything and everyone around him. The speaker in “Acquainted With the Night,” is an average person describing his personal numerous miseries. Because of these hardships, he feels lonely and detached from his life, yet he knows that time must go on and he must carry his struggles with him. During his walk, the speaker
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Throughout its entirety, Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness utilizes many contrasts and paradoxes in an attempt to teach readers about the complexities of both human nature and the world. Some are more easily distinguishable, such as the comparison between civilized and uncivilized people, and some are more difficult to identify, like the usage of vagueness and clarity to contrast each other. One of the most prominent inversions contradicts the typical views of light and dark. While typically light is imagined to expose the truth and darkness to conceal it, Conrad creates a paradox in which darkness displays the truth and light blinds us from it.
When looking up to the night sky in today’s world, the Milky Way does not appear in sight. Instead, a blanket shrouds the night sky. In Let There Be Dark, Paul Bogard builds an argument in order to persuade his audience that natural darkness is essential to everyday life. He builds his argument that natural darkness should be preserved by using evidence, reasoning, and stylistic or persuasive elements.
..., Well-Lighted Place”, represent the opinions and views of one typical person, in one ordinary life. The theme of a world of nothingness is overwhelming to the human brain, and almost inconceivable, and everything we do in this life is simply designed to help us take our mind off of death; suicide is the ultimate escape from “despair” over “nothing” (494). Hemingway’s brilliant transitions in time explain how life eventually grows worse with age, and humans will succumb to suicide, drunkenness, or something comforting and safe, much like a clean, well-lighted cafe. Further, Hemingway has shown the world that man has created many bogus ways to cope with the insurmountable fear of nothingness, namely religion. People can try to kid their selves into feeling soulful, genuine, or meaningful, but there is no need to “fear for [the human] soul”, as it is non-existent.
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Paul Bogard, a passionate writer, convinces his audience with a strong argument on the importance of darkness to health and ecology. Light is everywhere, it is needed in times of darkness, we carry it around, we use it to wake up, we need it to see at night, Light is an important factor in everyday life. It is so important that we dictate the connotation for darkness, negatively, but in reality, darkness has special capabilities for healing, nature, and a primitive and natural Earth default. Introducing readers to his argument, Bogard begins with an anecdote on his childhood, discussing the value of darkness, “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
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