The poem “Warned’ by Sylvia Stults, first seems to be about the ways human are hurting nature. However, when we look at the poem through the lens of John Shoptaw’s essay “Why Ecopoetry,” we see the evidence that this is an ecopoem and is asking people to take action to protect the environment. The poem is about the destruction of earth. The poet also tries to raises some awareness about the environment. Additionally, the internal meaning of the poem is that we, humans depend on the world’s resources, therefore we should take care of the natural world.
John Shoptaw argues that an ecopoem must be about the nature: According to Shoptaw nature is very important for ecopoem because it is involves living things. For example, Shoptaw articulates
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The argument of nonhumans world is very a sufficient because excluding people from natural world helps us understand other factors. For example, Stults discusses the “blue skies and clear stars” (Line 2-3). In additions she also writes about the “fish abundant and, rivers streamed” (7-8). She again writes about the tree towered” (9,10,18) and the “love birds chirping (12). All those things that Stults is describing have to do with the natural world.
In addition, “warned” does meet the second criterion of an ecopoem because is connected to humans. An example of this can be found in her references to pollution because only people can pollute. For example, at first then ocean floors are “sandy white” (8). But after human do not take care of the ocean they now became “littered brown” (9) Which is because of the pollutants. Similarly, trees have been used to make papers. Stults say that “paper joined pollution’s team”
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Therefore, everyone should have hope to make the planet better for the future! This is similar to dangerous beliefs of “climate change.” When is come to the discussion of climate change or global warming, which are changes that appear through the climate atmosphere, there are some biases regardless of the fact that it could harm our natural world wealth being. According to the United Nations General Assembly on September 24, 2014, in New York City, during Framework Convention on Climate Change. They defined global warming as "a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods. “At the same conference, they even expand that definition further to say that, the "climate system" means the "totality of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and geosphere and their interactions." (Ken Mandel) This quotation is agreeing with Stults. Furthermore, it is an indication that climate change is real because Stults concerns for people to be aware off it is accurate. There is a lot of similarity between the United Nations General Assembly that has highlighted the problem of global warming and the need to reduce the risk it: and Stults that point out to the Global Warming Skepticism the dangerous of it that need to solve. This poem can be
Society portrays the Earth as a resource, a place that provides an abundance of tools that are beneficial to one’s way of living. As time continues on, humanity’s definition of sustainability with the ecosystem becomes minor, meaning that it is not essential to their own lives. Thus, leading to the environment becoming polluted and affecting the human population. These ideas are demonstrated through these four sources: “Despair Not” by Sandra Steingraber, which provides the author’s perspective on the environmental crisis in terms of climate change.
The writer starts of the anti-environmentalists section by setting a mockery tone and explaining that the side arguing sees their opposing side as inferior. The writer sets it up so that the anti-environmentalists argue in a very childish manner. They use words like “enviros” an “wackos”. The superior state allows them to exaggerate on the characteristics of these conservationists. The anti-environmentalists openly accuse the environmentalists of always looking for power. He exaggerates their policies to make them sound hungry for power. Next, the writer becomes incongruent and tries to get people on his side by saying that these men and women are trying to pass laws and become very powerful to take control and transform this country.
Kim Addonizio’s “First Poem for You” portrays a speaker who contemplates the state of their romantic relationship though reflections of their partner’s tattoos. Addressing their partner, the speaker ambivalence towards the merits of the relationship, the speaker unhappily remains with their partner. Through the usage of contrasting visual and kinesthetic imagery, the speaker revels the reasons of their inability to embrace the relationship and showcases the extent of their paralysis. Exploring this theme, the poem discusses how inner conflicts can be powerful paralyzers.
From the lone hiker on the Appalachian Trail to the environmental lobby groups in Washington D.C., nature evokes strong feelings in each and every one of us. We often struggle with and are ultimately shaped by our relationship with nature. The relationship we forge with nature reflects our fundamental beliefs about ourselves and the world around us. The works of timeless authors, including Henry David Thoreau and Annie Dillard, are centered around their relationship to nature.
In the introduction of “Silent Spring” written by Rachel Carson in 1962, more than 50 years ago the writer attempts to warn us that human beings will end by destroying the earth in the opening quote. She shows that human beings are causing harmful effects to the environment and the environment becomes polluted day by day. First, to lead to the issue, the author starts with a fable. She describes a beautiful natural town, but then the appearance of human beings brought a strange blight and everything began to change. Stillness, illness, disease, and death emerged in the town. Although the town in this story is not a reality, but the events in this town is happening truly around the world. The author uses points through the introduction of the book to explain, support main idea. Time is one of the important themes in this reading. She says that “time not in years but in millennia”, it took a long time to produce the life that now inhabits the earth, for life adjusts and balance has been reached. However, the earth changes rapidly due to the impetuous and heedless pace of man. People bring toxics to the earth that would require time on the scale and life of generations to adjust these things. People create chemicals, synthetics that introduced along with radiation harm the environment and organisms. The toxic productions are introduced to the environment but people hardly know about the devils of their own creation. These productions cause negative effects such as kill vegetation, sicken cattle, and cause the polluted air. People use chemicals to control the insects but this method has had only limited success. Day by day, insects adapt these chemicals to survive, become stronger and more difficult to control. In the end, the chemicals lose. The writer also says that monoculture (single-crop farming system) does not take advantage of the principles by which nature works, people is simplifying the nature that has introduced variety. Rachel Carson suggests using polyculture (grow many crops in a field) 50 years ago. People also have to face with the modern insect problem. Because of the isolation from one continent to another, insect developed many new species. These species began to move out into new territories that is receiving considerable assistance from man. Although people know the necessary knowledge - chemicals, synthetics are harmful for the earth and human beings - but they do not use it.
he concept of nature is elusive, and humans have never had a positive and unified way to name and interact with it. Since the colonizing of America, many leaders have had different definitions of nature, and have held different views on humans’ relationship with nature. These views have often led to destruction masked as “progress” (Marx 14). But not all definitions of nature are so destructive. Ursula Goodenough, a biology professor at Washington University in St. Louis, wrote The Sacred Depths of Nature to create a new religion based in the physical, chemical, and biological laws that govern the universe (Department of Biology). Goodenough’s treatment of “nature” illustrates her unique interpretation of the word. Goodenough understands the word nature to mean life, and life means biology. She uses this definition to inspire humans to care for the world we live in. And while she recognizes that humans can be separate, she also shows how much a part of nature we truly are. Recently, a proposition has been made to define First Nature as biophysical and Second Nature as the artificial (Marx 20).
The overall purpose of this text is to inform the reader of this situation causing the earth to be “poisoned”. The use of irony helps to convey the argument to the reader. She uses irony because the government has
Emerson's essay, Nature is essentially one that seeks show a new form of enlightening the human spirit and urges the establishment of a stronger link between man and the Universal Spirit through. Emerson sees nature as this inspiration to people and catalyst for a deeper understanding of the spiritual world.
Ecocriticism, ‘the study of literary texts with reference to the interaction between human activity and the vast range of natural or non-human phenomena’ (Childs and Fowler 78), is gaining attention in the literary world. The reason is obvious; ecocriticism connects itself to the problem of ecological crisis, one of the biggest problems present in the contemporary world. Pope John Paul II expresses in The Ecocritical Crisis: A Common Responsibility:
Here, subscribing to ecofeminist ideals would encompass acknowledging the dual subjugation framework and supporting initiatives specifically aimed at assisting women who face environmental problems. These initiatives could include sustainable agriculture and development, land conservation, or other types of environmental justice actions. Additionally, the rhetoric used in organization materials like information pamphlets could be analyzed for ecofeminist language or promotion of women’s role in environmental movements or as unique victims of environmental
Nature influences the world through its effects on civilization and how it is perceived by society. Ecocriticism is the theory that nature is an important aspect in a literary work that affects the interpretation of the story. Ecocritics view the story through a lens that observes the story’s representation of nature and extend the use of ecocentric concepts for aspects other than nature such as energy, balance, and imbalance. Peter Barry writes of how ecocritics see nature in Beginning Theory, “For the ecocritic, nature really exists, out there beyond ourselves, not needing to be ironized as a concept by enclosure within knowing inverted commas, but actually present as an entity which affects us, and which we can affect, perhaps fatally, if we mistreat it” (Barry 243) The Heart of Darkness contains vast amounts of situations that portray nature as a dark, mysterious, and untamed wild. The fear of the jungle, relationships between natives and the company, and Kurtz’s conversion are three aspects that are affected by the power of nature.
It has become apparent that, ever since mankind has emerged out of the plains of Africa and spread all throughout the world, we have been changing the Earth, and not always for the betterment of society. One of the main aspects that this refers to is how humans have affected the environment and its processes. Modern society has always seemed to put our planet near the end of the list of priorities, which can be considered very ironic. After all, Earth is the planet that everyone throughout history has always called “home.” The poem “I Am Dying,” by Marie Negus reflects on the way that the earth may think about the human race regarding their poor treatment of the planet, giving the role of narrator to a very interesting and insightful character: the Earth herself.
...wledge that current human activities are destroying the earth. Humans taking responsibility toward sustainability is urgent because much of the injury inflicted on earth is irreversible. Drastic, comprehensive changes in all levels of society have to be made before long because the effects of environmental damage are permanent.
Throughout history, many individuals wish to discover and explain the relationship between nature and society, however, there are many complexities relating to this relationship. The struggle to understand how nature and society are viewed and connected derives from the idea that there are many definitions of what nature is. The Oxford dictionary of Human Geography (2003), explains how nature is difficult to define because it can be used in various contexts as well as throughout different time and spaces. As a result of this, the different understandings of what nature is contributes to how the nature society relationship is shaped by different processes. In order to better understand this relation there are many theorists and philosophers
Earth is our home. The environment here on Earth is what made us and what is sustaining us. Earth has been the home for the modern human for the past two-hundred thousand years, just a drop in the bucket when looking back how old is Earth. The two-hundred thousand year history of modern humans hasn't affected Earth as much as it did the last one-hundred fifty since the Industrial Revolution. Since the Industrial Revolution, mankind has had devastating effects on the environment. The Earth has been ransacked by people for its natural resources. If mankind doesn’t act now and become environmentally conscious there will be devastating effects in the future. People need to realize that in order to succeeded as a species we need to care for our environmental sustainability. The concept of sustainability is that its based on the premise that people and their communities are made up of environmental, economic and social systems that are constantly working together to achieve balance in ecosystem.