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The Temperatures are rising, carbon emissions are increasing, ice caps are melting at a faster rate than most scientists expected, and planet earth is experiencing ecological and environmental issues due to global warming. Earth as we know it might change drastically in the next couple of decades, and it is our responsibility to preserve the environment and preserve earth. Michael Pollan's Why Bother? opens the reader's eyes in a powerful way to global warming and related environmental crises. Pollan uses rhetorical strategies such as current and past events, logos and pathos to persuade the reader "to bother"(218) and start thinking of the environment as an issue that involves all the people. Pollan approaches the reader from different standing

Greenhouse gases are those that absorb and emit infrared radiation in the atmosphere. The most abundant greenhouse gases in Earth 's atmosphere are: Carbon dioxide, Methane, Nitrous oxide ,Ozone ,Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Human activities also contribute to climate change by the amounts of greenhouse gases, aerosols (small particles). The largest known contribution comes from the burning of fossil fuels, which releases carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere.

Throughout the book, A Long Way Gone Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah, violence is a predominant theme. Ishmael is a witness to violence at the early age of twelve when the civil war reaches his village in Sierra Leone. The death of his family, the loss of his childhood/ innocence and his transformation into a killer were all direct results of the violence due to the war. The rebel forces killed Ishmael’s mother, father, brother and grandparents during the war.

The United States, as a leading example for the word, must start taking action to cut its use of fossil fuels. I believe that the effects of global warming are very similar to the effects that tobacco has on a person, you can’t see it but it slowly builds up to destroy you. In other words, if we don’t take action right now to cut carbon dioxide and prevent the increasing greenhouse effect, the ocean levels will slowly rise as glaciers melt and retreat, imperiling the habitat of many endangered species. Since global warming is a proven phenomena, caused by an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the air, it’s important for the government to regulate the carbon dioxide emissions of factories and the car manufacturers by enforcing laws and regulations.

It is a French-Canadian drama movie directed and edited by the well know Canadian writer Xavier Dolan. It is a movie based on the play and novel of Jean-Luc Lagarce, who is a famous French play writer and actor. The main characters of this movie are the well-known French actors Marion Cotillard, Gaspard Ulliel, Nathalie Baye, Vincent Cassel and Lea Seydoux. Since the movie was based on a famous French play, many people in France knew what the movie was going to be about before watching it. “It’s Only the End of the World” is a dramatic and sad story of a play writer that after 12 years of not seeing his family is forced to visit them to announce them that he has a terminal illness.

Depictions of the apocalypse are guaranteed to be a hit movie, as the stories force us to become heroic and imagine ourselves in that situation.6 The real-life apocalyptic imagery seen in this film: earthquakes, city in rubble, and intense weather conditions were overwhelming, but films such as this one help us cope with it. The core of the film is inspired from the biblical Book of Revelation, where Jesus Christ foretold signs of the end times. This film shatters the barriers between reality and fiction, when Jay is seen quoting from the Bible, as the group is being convinced it’s Biblical “Judgement Day” and not a “zombie

Almost anyone who will read this essay has undoubtedly heard of the climate phenomenon Global warming. Global warming is a topic that gets discussed very often nowadays, most notably during political debate and discussion. Politicians use certain stances on global warming to appeal to voter’s emotions and logic in order to gain votes and support for their campaign, however climate change is nothing new, during the past several hundred thousand years the Earth has heated up and cooled down and even experienced so called “ice ages”, which is a period where glacial deposits located at the northern and southern hemispheres have grown due to dramatic global cool downs. Don’t be confused by climate terminology though, the global warming so widely

In the article ‘Why Bother?’ Michael Pollan, a Professor of Journalism at the University of California, examines the dangers of climate change and how ordinary citizens can reduce its effects on the environment. Although most scientists are concerned and have warned nations of its disastrous effects some still deny the existence of climate change. As if melting ice caps and the ever-increasing blue waters were not enough proof, some citizens believe that climate change is an “unproven theory or a negligible contribution to natural climate variability” (Hall 3). Nevertheless, citizens who believe in global warning can change how they live for the better.

The short story “The Chase,” an excerpt from An American Childhood by Annie Dillard, and the novel Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse share a similar theme of how strangers impact a person's life. The theme that they share is how strangers can have a positive, long-lasting impact on people’s lives. Dillard and Hesse use evidence throughout the text to support the theme. At the beginning of the text, Annie uses flashback as a method to explain how the boys taught her to play football and baseball.

“O Brother, Where Art Thou?” was good movie to watch. I personally didn’t think it was going to be something I would like but I did. This movie was good at making you laugh and also has some parts with good meaning. It was way more entertaining than I thought it would be.

Brenton Tozer English 102 10/5/15 How Hollywood Portrays Dystopian Futures People have always feared apocalyptic scenarios that lead to dystopian futures ever since we have been able of conscience thought, some of the earliest fears people had was that of a supernatural being descending upon the Earth and destroying everything and everyone who that being though was unworthy. An example of this was in Ancient Rome when Mount Vesuvius erupted and decimated the city of Pompeii everyone believed that this was caused by not appeasing Vulcan, the God of Fire. During the Cold War people feared that the USSR and the USA would launch their entire nuclear arsenal at each other, which would lead to the complete annihilation of the world, with very few

The Tenth Grade English curriculum at Fair Lawn High School focuses on the works of famous British literature. This Sophomore level English course focuses on some main themes including social satire, gender inequality issues and racism, the duality of human nature, etc. The movie 28 Days Later directed by Danny Boyle covers a post 9/11 zombie apocalyptic world where the main character, Jim, and his newly met friends struggle to survive in a time where the only other people alive are infected with a viral rage virus. The movie 28 Days Later should be incorporated into the 10th grade curriculum because it fits one of the main themes in the the curriculum: The duality of human nature, by the infected humans and Jim showing the other sides of themselves.

B. Thesis: The causes of global warming and climate change are because of increased emissions of greenhouse gases, and the effects of this are rising temperatures and more severe natural disasters. II. Body A. Counter Claim: Most scientist and people believe that humans are the cause of global warming because of the emissions that they put into the air, but there is a small percentage of people who think that global warming is not caused by emissions at all. Support with MLA citation

Lastly, “the imagination of disaster” comes across not only to the morality of the people but also political point of view. Not only do people get insight anytime they watch science movies but, it also educates the people. Viewers get more engaged in the long lasting joyful end to fill contented. People might constantly yearn for the craziest thing to happen when watching science fiction movies but, there is always a sense of making peace at the

Climate Change is one of the most unsettling problems mankind faces today. It leaves an impact on every single living thing, on every continent, no matter the privilege. Long term investment must be used to change the world. People must do more than just change out their light bulbs for eco-friendly ones, or drive fuel efficient cars. A choice as simple as changing our diets could reduce a human’s carbon footprint by fifty percent.