By definition, the word extinction means the state or process of a species, family, or larger group being or becoming extinct. This is a process that although occurs naturally, can be affected by humanity and can leave negative effects on the ecosystem and the world live in now and today. Several people step up to lead the fight to protect endangered species all the time, people have several ways of getting others to awake to the sincerity of the situation. One way this is done is of course by written word, Author Julia Whitty and Biologist Jeff Corwin both show their interests in protecting wildlife and preserving animals at risk of extinction in their own ways. Although their approaches to how they convince the people to stand alongside them …show more content…
are different they both have the same goal of keeping the environment safe from its greatest and most dangerous foe, humanity. One of the larger comparisons to make when looking at the pieces written by Whitty and Corwin is how they introduce their main idea and and their piece in general.
Whitty begins her piece with what seems to be a lengthy anecdote about a friend of hers named Les Gibson who wanted to reach her how to hunt which she called fishing. At a beginning glance it’s confusing to a reader who is expecting the author to dive into something related to the environment or how some kind of species is slowly or rapidly dying off and how we need to save them, instead Whitty takes her time to tell all the details of her learning how to hunt and her actually hunting. Whitty even talks about Les and his wife Marie and how they are Guugu Yimithirr (descendants of Australians Captain James Cook). Finally, Whitty dives into the ocean of topics there are to talk about when it comes to animals endangerment and …show more content…
extinction. Corwin starts his piece off differently with what may seem like an over exaggeration.
“There is a holocaust happening. Right now. And it’s not confined to one nation or even one region. It is a global crisis.” (Corwin 1). Corwin unlike Whitty doesn’t start off with a tangent but immediately begins discussing how wildlife all over the world is in danger and how humanity has had a huge hand to play in the current growing extinction of animals everywhere.Corwin himself talks about how he has traveled the globe and seen the atrocities at first glance, visiting Africa where the great white shark is being hunted down at an astonishing rate of 100M sharks a year. Or over in Indonesia where there are rivers that contain miles upon miles of raw sewage which can slowly kill off ocean animals, in the Pacific ocean itself there is an island of garbage “the size of Texas” (Corwin 9). Corwin’s piece starts off heavy and doesn’t let go whereas Whitty slowly dives into the message of her piece, then mentions a professor from OSU (Oregon) and a student of his and uses their research to form her own conclusions. Unlike Corwin, Whitty isn’t a biologist so where Corwin puts his own research and data, Whitty must find the work of another person’s and make a conclusion from said
research. When looking at these two pieces it is clear that one is more of a call to arms and the other is more of an informative piece. Corwin has much to say from the get go and does so accordingly by getting right to his point, he quickly and thoroughly explains all his key points and finishes his piece quickly in a more digestible way for a younger mind that doesn't need too much intake or information about the subject but Corwin manages to give the right amount to possibly inspire people to stand up for the multitude of species that are dying and going unnoticed. Whitty’s piece is more informational and seems to be written for someone doing a research paper on the same subject, although she starts out slow with her own story of going fishing she goes into much more detail and has a lot more information to back her up than Corwin does, not being a Biologist is its a disadvantage and so Whitty covers for not being an expert on the field herself by using concrete data from professors to make her point. Whitty’s piece is much longer in comparison to Corwin’s and is harder to digest for just the common mind which would make Corwin’s more suitable for most people, but for those that wish to have a lot of information on the subject Whitty’s is the way to go. In conclusion it would appear that as stated before, Whitty and Corwin have two different approaches to how to inform their reader of the tragedy that is the growing extinction rates of wildlife. But, even though they approach the situation quite differently they still arrive at the same main idea which is that animals everywhere are dying and it is very clear that humanity has had a hand to play in worsening the situation. Whether you respond to Corwin’s call to arms with disdain or if you see Whitty’s research as just another person stating facts with no real solution the problem that exists is still out there and is one that needs to be solved by humanity.
Where does the line of sport and murder intersect in hunting? Is it when the species being hunted is able to reason? Or is it when the species being hunted looks just like the hunter? In both movie and film, we see a man fight for his life and another going against all codes of ethics. While Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” and Ernest B. Schoedsack’s film adaptation both have several similarities, the difference are also apparent in each respective media.
Many great authors that study human nature stood out the most during the period of time between the Imperialism and World War II. Among these authors were George Orwell and Virginia Woolf. Their study of the human nature is especially visible in certain short stories that each author respectively did. Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” and Woolf’s “The Death of the Moth.” In either of these stories the respective author uses animals to depict their complex ideas about the nature of life, men, and the whole world.
“In this was one of the signal virtues of hunting: it puts the large questions about who we and the animals are, and the nature of our respective deaths, squarely before the hunter, and while I’m sure there are many hunters who manage to avoid their gaze, that must take some doing” (6). This quote is ultimately Pollan’s conclusion after his reflection on disgust and death. Specifically, the phrase “large questions” is hard to read without wanting to further investigate. The audience is left wondering that if there are such large questions, why Pollan would not attempt to go about answering them, but instead continue with the remainder of his story. After such a temporary reflection, the rest of his hunting narrative loses most of its excitement because of the magnitude of his claim. He does attempt to reflect on the issue, but the brief way he does is also extremely similar to the way many hunters briefly think of the complications of killing an animal, and continue about their hunting outing without giving such ideas a second thought. If Pollan’s goal of this article was to engage his audience with this then he definitely succeeds, but if his goal was to frustrate his audience than he succeeds at that as well. By leaving the argument he presents up to interpretation he leaves a lasting impression on his audience. The frustrating and confusing issue that results from this
Did you know even though nature can be beautiful it can sometimes be deadly. In The Most Dangerous Game, Rainsford begins to see the awe-instilling power of nature and how it can hurt us. The Most Dangerous Game Written by Richard Connell is a story about the dangers of nature and the ethical question of if we should kill animals. Connell uses irony to instill a question in the mind of the reader”Is killing animals moral?” In “The Most Dangerous Game,”Richard Connell uses a flip between man and animal to convey irony in the story while also using the dangerous environment of the Island to show suspense.
Kurlansky’s biography of a fish that changed the world begins the literary technique in media res. The decision to start the text of this book in the midst of Sam Lee, Leonard Stack, and Bernard Chafe’s adventure aboard a fishing skiff in Petty Harbor was great in that the occurrences there hint at one of the themes in the book. That theme being that the cod population has drastically declined and that human intervention is or may be necessary to prevent the extinction of the species.
David Attenborough’s The Life of Mammals: Meat Eaters and Steve Irwin’s Africa’s Deadliest Snakes are wildlife documentaries that have similar but different purposes. Attenborough uses a script that is rehearsed and the natural environment is followed, Irwin does not have a script and the animals are disturbed. However, both hosts inform the audience of the animal and how they function. Attenborough achieves this through the use of language and Irwin achieves this by being the presenter. Purpose, audience, context, language and form will be compared between the two texts.
The discriminating factor between the two groups is the way they view the whales. The life and soul of a whale is the most important aspect for Bobby Wabalanginy, the novel’s protagonist, however the monetary value a whale can bring is far more important for white settlers. “Bobby saw the whale spouts sunlit on the grey sea, showing like blossoms…” (Scott, 274) illustrates the joy that Indigenous Australians experienced when they witnessed such a beautiful creature. Scott has used sibilance and visual imagery to capture the experience for readers as it allows us to visualise the landscape not only through our eyes but through the eyes of Bobby. Scott’s use of intertextuality “Unlike that Bible man, Jonah, Bobby wasn’t frightened…” (2) also enhances the joyous experience of the inhabitants. From a young age they were friends of the whales and are therefore extremely protective over their survival. They consider them as family, as a live being, and thus they possess a soul that shouldn’t be killed. On the contrary, the white settlers “reckoned on melting down a lot of blubber” (Scott, 272) and focused on the financial value a whale could provide. This brought significant emotional suffering for the Indigenous people as they became worried for the lives of the whales. Scott is effectively grappling with the effects of whaling and brings it into a real life situation as we know that today countries such as Japan whale for monetary and human use. The reality is disastrous and even today we criticise the activity of
.... Some animals face endangerment because of human’s hunting activities and because of the climate changes. Due to the endangered rare species, people solve this problem by bringing these animals back to their natural habitat.
The first and second part, taking a natural history approach to the subject of relationships between humans and nature, discuss his experiences on the family farm in Wisconsin and other various portions of the world. Furthermore, the detailed accounts of various flora and fauna species, how harmful farming has been to the soil and the destruction of nature from recreational activities, introduce Leopold’s argument that humans, even unconsciously, have been harming nature for a multitude of years. The third part, applying a philosophical approach, takes these events into account and analyzes the various destructions that humans have caused. In the chapter “Thinking Like A Mountain,” Aldo Leopold recounts the hunting trip that he took part in when he was younger. As he watched the light fade from the Wolf’s eyes, his group of friends believed that they had helped the deer population’s chance of survival. Instead, by destroying the top predator of the mountain, the deer population grew out of control and harmed the mountain’s ecological environment. From this example, Leopold uses the situation of the she wolf to explain to his audience that man’s influence in nature, no matter how beneficial it is to one species’ survival, always has consequences to
The beginning of the short story serves to introduce the reader to Rainsford's character, primarily through indirect characterization. His friend, Whitney, provides the reader with information through speech detailing Rainsford to be an expert hunter. The author shows Rainsford as not caring at all for what the hunted animals feel; however, this likely changes
Extinction is when the birth rate fails to keep up with the death rate, it is
...he environment. Back then whaling had to be evenmessier and was not good for the water to leave parts behind, or take away an animal from it’s natural habitat for human use. uNowadays there are ideas of global warming that take o the same concept. People get mad because society as a whole does not take care of the environment. There are laws about littering and many activists groups that try to persuade society on how to live their life. In the end of this book nature won, but in the end of the world who will come out on top?
So what is an endangered species? What is an extinct species? What has happened to cause them to become endangered or extinct? What needs to be done in order to save the endangered species from becoming extinct? Can anything be done to save them? The answer to most of these questions is not known by everyone. With all the attention that this subject gets from the government or groups that fight for the environment, it gets the same amount of disregard from the public. Many people want to help or donate but very few of those actually follow through. This is a very important subject that needs to be taken serious by the public. It needs their full attention because they are the ones that can truly make a change. People really don’t understand the concept of extinction. If somethi...
Any species which fall into the categories vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered are considered to be at risk of extinction. Robert Redford said “I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security defense of our resource’s because it’s just as important as defense abroad otherwise what is there to defend?” People should all take the environment more seriously and protect the future for those to come. It’s our responsibility to ensure that the children to come may enjoy all of earth’s beauty, and not through old issues of National Geographic’s.
Imagine a world with barren trees in overgrown fields. The only sound to be heard is the wind blowing through the tall grass. A world once full of life now lays empty do to extinction. This is the result of a world that failed to understand the importance of wildlife conservation. Why is wildlife so important? What steps need to be taken to preserve wildlife? How can one become involved in wildlife conservation? These are all important questions that need to be explored in order to help maintain the delicate ecosystem on Earth. Wildlife plays a vital role in this fragile ecosystem and without wildlife the human race would not survive.