Analysis Of Diane By Diane Ackerman

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The author Diane Ackerman uses her knowledge from being a naturalist and a poet. Diane shows the world we live on in a very poetic and beautiful way. In the beginning of the Essay Diane starts out very broad and zoomed out. Slowly through the essay Diane narrows the view in and shows the specific things. Diane explains how weather on one side of the world completely affects the crop outcome and trade in another part. First Diane shows the beauty in the world. In the first paragraph Diane lists some of the positive and negative things happening to ecosystems all over the planet. The way the knowledge is sent and received from remote sensors all over the planet. Diane states that you can see both the lights in Denver and the lights in Cairo from the sky. Diane shows in the statement that if you are high enough u you can get a much better view. I thing that this can translate to everyday life by just backing away from situation or problem you can see it clearer. …show more content…

I think that Diane does a good job of relating you to the planet that we liv on as our home. About halfway through the essay Diane kind of changes the way that she sees everything. Diane goes back to her first takeoff in a plane. I can only assume that she is a pilot also. Diane describes her first take off how it feels and what she sees. Later Diane tells of more sights she sees from the cockpit. Such as our own Ohio River, with its brown water and all of its many factories. Diane talks about how the world can teach you things and it will be different with every

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