Population control is destroying the world! Ann Aguirre in her dystopian book “Enclave” shows the community as an organism made of four parts which are running it. There are breeders which produce children; they have hunters who hunt for food and the builders who build houses and everything else. Also there is elders who judge and punish people. The people who are sick or disabled are killed as well as their parents. That is because the people are not as intelligent and can’t make the medical help better, the people are very afraid of the elders and can’t have their own thought, and the world is full of creeps witch kill and eat whatever they find. The book Enclave is an example of social commentary, because it talks about Population control, creates awareness, and makes people want to take actions. The Population control is cause for the world destruction which is shown in a dystopian book “Enclave” by Ann Aguirre by showing the Community control done by the government, which is killing and controlling the population count and controlling the people in the Enclave with fear. That is proven on page 4. “One in the Enclave can’t have much independent thought and if you say something, you can see how you fare in topside” (Aguirre, 4). …show more content…
That is shown in the beginning of the book”Enclave”. “We lost so many newborns and children that we called all the brats Boy or Girl along with a number”(Aguirre 9). Also The people are killed during the naming ceremony by infections and other diseases that is proven in the book “Enclave”.”everyone who had survived the naming ceremony”(Aguirre 8). The second quote is mysterious and creates awareness that not a lot of children survive the naming ceremony. Both the cruelty and despair coming from the book make humankind want to take actions to help the people of Enclave which makes the book an example of a social commentary
There are many problems that occur when the population of a community gets too big. When there are a lot of people in a community, they rely on crops and farms to make more food to feed all the hungry people. But if there is a bad harvest or a natural disaster that happens and destroys food. Then a lot of the overpopulated community can die of starvation. Another thing that happens with a higher population is there is more crime.
Throughout "Howl," The Basketball Diaries, and Cat's Cradle it is evident that the government controlled society with the fear of the bomb. We can see how this fear influenced individuals and society as a whole. The government caused the fear in society by possessing the atomic bomb and ignoring problems arising. Society blaimed the people for their reactions to the fear of the bomb. Furthermore, the government presented itself as protector, leading to increased confusion and chaos. In modern society, deciding who is the enemy and who holds the power, determines who controls the fate of the world.
One aspect of control that is touched upon from the beginning of the novel until the end is the control of the population birth and growth. As a way to maintain the society’s motto of “Community, Identity and Stability,” the number of inhabitants is managed through the artificiality of the brave new world’s use of technology. In the first chapter of the novel, the reader is introduced to the process of creating humans in this Utopia. The advancement of science made it possible for the building of an artificial arrangement with the reproductive glands and equipment needed for fertilizing and hatching the resulting eggs. The fact that machines do what is done by human reproductive systems shows how science has dominated over man in this world.
Hardin states that throughout most of history there's been no need for concern about population control. Nature would come along with epidemic diseases and take care of the matter for us. Disease has been the primary population controller in the past. Because widespread disease and famine no longer exist, we have to find other means to stop population increases (Spencer 1992, pp.61-2).
...ich would have affected the country tremendously; and with this example, it seems that population control is the only way that environmental sustainability can be achieved. The various resource / population theories also suggest that the only way to achieve the sustainable population is by controlling population so that overpopulation does not occur. However, some cities and regions like Curitiba with the green exchange, expansion limits, green spaces etc. and London with the congestion charge have been able to achieve environmental sustainability without controlling the population, but by adding rules and regulations that let the city run efficiently and cleanly, and therefore in turn, run sustainably. Population control is not the only way to achieve environmental sustainability, but it does help and make it easier to achieve a sustainable population and city.
In, The Population Bomb by, Paul R Ehrlich, he explains the problem of population increase, and how there are people everywhere! The feeling of feeling over populated. He talks about how if there are more people then there is more food that needs to be produced then ate. He explains on the rich people becoming wealthier and the poor are going to be even poorer and there is going to be a starvation. Population is doubling every year and how our energy is turning into
The world’s population is rising rapidly from seven billion to the estimated nine billion in 2050 (Ellis, Overpopulation is Not the Problem). Every human being adds stress to the Earth’s resources. Numerous places like Africa and China maintain a copious amount starvation and poverty. There are days when people go without food, water, or shelter. There is even such happening in the United States. In such places, it is difficult to find contraception, or birth control, which leads to unplanned pregnancies. These situations are rooted down to overpopulation, which is when there are too many humans. However, there is a multitude of ways to reverse such negative effects. Population control is a necessary act that will benefit the world through sparing natural resources, decreasing famine, and controlling unplanned pregnancies. A worldwide effort would have to take effect in order for a successful future.
Crone, J. (2011) How Can We Solve Our Social Problems? (2nd ed.), Los Angeles, CA: Sage
Dystopian societies are about control and power. Some want to create a perfect society, and therefore must have a strong hold on their citizens to make sure their emotions don't get in the way of a utopian dream Others just want absolute and complete control over the people. However, in order to completely understand the reason for a dystopian society, it is important to first to understand the purpose of government, and understand the mind of the person in control of such a terrifying society. Whether someone can understand why these societies are put into place, they can be identified by its unique characteristics like the ones found in Orwell;s 1984, Huxley’s Brave New World and Shyamalan’s The Village.
Margaret Sanger was, at large, a birth control activist, but this speech was more about the questioning of birth control corrupting morality in women. People must remember, in the day and age where Sanger presented this speech, November 1921, women were considered very far from equal and much closer to servants or maids. In her speech, I saw that ethos was present in the sense that she gave herself credibility. Through Sanger’s detailed words and actions, and her statements including the presence of scientists and, or, professionals, the masses of listening people could infer that she was very well informed and solid in her statements. Though she presented herself as agreeable, Sanger was firm in her beliefs. In addition, Sanger says, “We desire to stop at its source the disease, poverty and feeble-mindedness and insanity which exist today, for these lower the standards of civilization and make for race deterioration. We know that the masses of people are growing wiser and are using their own minds to decide their individual conduct” (Sanger, par.15). To me, Sanger made herself appeal to the audience by using the word ‘we.’ In the practice of ethos, this focused on the author more than...
Population control is a practice of altering the growth rate of a human population. In the excerpt, Hardin explains that only the rich have food reserved because they can afford it, and that the poor are the ones who eat it all. Because of the world food bank, where anyone can take from, the poor countries’ populations will continue to grow, going unchecked. This is harmful because there are overpopulated countries that cannot sustain themselves. Hardin says, “Without some system of worldwide food sharing, the proportion of people in the rich and poor nations might eventually stabilize. The overpopulated poor countries would decrease in numbers” (Hardin 588). The poor countries have no way of adding any food to the food bank and are just taking from it. This makes it hard for other countries to rationalize why they should support any poor country that is over populated and that is using up unnecessary resources because it does not benefit them in any economic or agricultural way.
The novel, The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood focuses on the choices made by the society of Gilead in which the preservation and security of mankind is more highly regarded than freedom or happiness. This society has undergone many physical changes that have led to extreme psychological ramifications. I think that Ms. Atwood believes that the possibility of our society becoming as that of Gilead is very evident in the choices that we make today and from what has occured in the past. Our actions will inevitably catch up to us when we are most vulnerable.
The greatest threat feared is simply the devastating result of overpopulation. With a consistently growing
Every day the population is getting bigger and bigger and the world is just becoming overflowed with people. Many people do not understand that we have a limited supply of resources on this earth. Every time a new baby is born it means there is less resources for the future generation to use. The government has started taking actions with decreasing birth rates all over the world. Some laws have been tried out in order to stop the population from growing. During the twentieth century people wanted to control birth rates to prevent the population bomb because the population was increasing rapidly. In order to decline the birth rates, many ways different method were used. The methods imposed were to stop fertility, women were introduced to artificial birth control and were provided with better health care. With controlling population, came violating people's right over many nations.
We are polluting the air, water, and land in many ways, and the more people we have, the more pollution produced. If we each cut our carbon footprint in half, for example, (very unlikely, of course) and population doubled, we wouldn’t have accomplished anything. And in reality, we increase our footprint and increase the number of people. We are using up both renewable (e.g., water, food) and non-renewable (e.g., oil) resources and the more people there are, the less there is to go around. Its simple arithmetic: the more people, the less of anything per person. Resource shortages and simple overcrowding within a country makes it look longingly at the resources of their neighbors–and wars often follow. Hitler’s expansion in Europe took place under the heading: Lebensraum: living space. The German people didn’t have enough room in Germany, so they took over neighboring countries. Overpopulation is a problem for both rich and poor countries. While the poor countries tend to have higher birth and growth rates, the rich ones use more resources and create more pollution per capita. In looki...