'Chips' By Morren Summary

In the book it strongly agrees with the statement of protests are an effective way to bring change. It supports the statement

In the article “Why Are We So Angry” By Dianne Hales she explains why Americans are so angry all the time. Hales feels that “Americans are feeling pushed to the breaking point”. Helplessness and venting are two things Hales talks about, and why people become so angry. I agree with Hales when she says people are angry because they feel helpless; but I disagree about how venting doesn’t help. Hales says venting may make you feel at ease, but that feeling only last for a minute.

“Awareness is the key here.  Being aware of what is happening and being ahead of the frenzy that follows once the masses

In the article “The Obligation to Endure” by Rachel Carson she explains the danger and harm that comes with using toxic chemicals such as pesticides on our crops. By doing so Carson brings to light that are numerous amounts of people that are un aware of the toxic chemicals that they are unknowingly inviting into their homes and bodies. This is also seen in “Preface” when author Carl G. Herndi  says, “Writers need to make the invisible visible” (xxiv). Furthermore, this can be seen as a wake up call to all humanity. Both Carson and Herndl want to inform people onto what is going on in the world we live in, and to get people to start questioning rather harmful toxics are truly needed, and if so to what extreme.

Chapter two lays out thirteen discursive characteristics of outrage, of which the most common are “mockery, misrepresentative exaggeration,

Right after the pollution happened, the State of Carolina decided to erect large warming signs telling people to have cautions on the PCBs. From public’s point of view, the PCBs had become a serious threat to health and soil condition. Consequently, State of Carolina found it really hard to deal with the polluted soil. A legal, long, and regulatory preparation had to be made. Finally, the state decided to landfill all the soil in the Warren County. As we can imagine people in the county would not

The prevalence of environmental issues in the public awareness reached a point where government was forced to take action in 1979. When Henry Love abandoned construction of a canal in New York in 1920, the site was bought by Hooker Chemical and used as a toxic chemical waste dumping site for the next 33 years (Schons 2011). Then in 1953 Hooker Chemical sold the Love Canal to the school board, and construction of a school began. In the mid to late 1970s, when children’s shoes began melting to the ground and children got sick the residents organized and protested. Media coverage increased and showed toxic black sludge oozing into people’s basements (Schons 2011). The lack of awareness of environmental and health consequences of chemical dumping

Lois Gibbs and the other homeowners at Love Canal had no idea that their neighborhood was built on a chemical dump. So for this question I went to the EPA website and looked up three different superfund sites closest to me. My findings were actually shocking. There were four to five different super fund sites near where I live and most of them were in Newark. I did not realize that they were only two towns away. Before this assignment I had no idea about these superfund sites. I did know that Passaic river is a dirty river because Newark was an industrial hub before.

In which usually there becomes a movement to fix the problem, help the people suffering through the problem, and or prevent the problem. For example, the “Megan's Law” in which means every person in trusted with children need a background check and fingerprints before any actions are taken. The Women that started MADD created it through the aftermath of crisis and after all, throughout the text we learned with crisis, comes action.

In chapter one, they discuss how the mayor of New York at the time, Michael Bloomberg takes away recycling. He says it would save New York 40 million dollars. Many of the citizens were disgusted by this decision, yet not many people took the initiative to change this. Considering this was a state law, was enough confusion in itself. In the beginning stages, it felt as though only an individual that was powerful, or well known to the public, may be the only way to change this scenario. When in fact it could take just a regular old citizen to make a change. Talking to your friends, co-workers, neighbors, and local politicians can be a start to fight for a change you believe in. Jennifer, and Amy decided to do their research. They thought possibly paying out of pocket for people to have their recycling collected could be an option. Or even having homeless people sort the recycling, and return the bottles, and cans to collect money would be another option. That didn’t work,

I believe that being politically conscious may lead to political action, because if more people are politically conscious and don’t agree with the

This photo emphasizes the importance of silent protest and the power of gesture, political climates experience incredible shifts with movements such as these.

In addition, dealing with emotions allows people to feel the emotions as they arise within each person. When a person feels angry, they should allow themselves to feel that anger, and vent it out in some form or the other, without causing any harm to others. Unlike Lady Macbeth starts to feeling angry, nervous, scared, and freaks out when she thinks and imagines the blood on her hands. She states, “O, proper stuff! This is the very painting of your fear. This is the air-drawn dagger which you said Led you to Duncan. O, these flaws and starts,

There have been some awful events in the past such as, the holocaust, and the civil rights movement. However, if you pay attention the riots in the present you can see how the past has affected how the average person thinks about crisis. Instead of just ignoring what is going on, now people never stop protesting every unjust thing in the world. In a way it is like the past overdid the enthusiasm on protesting the miseries of the world. On every form of social media there is another post each day about something going on in, and their input on it. Yet, not every person's input is not necessarily the most educated, but the fact that people actually care about the situation disproves Colin Wilson's statement. Because he is suggesting that people do not have the ability to understand when others are going through misery and disaster, but people are always there when things are being messed with. A great example in today's society would the gay rights, everywhere there are people willing to protest when things are getting bad, and when people are hurting they offer their help in every way possible. It seems that our newest generation is trying extra hard to make up for the painful events of the

According to Dictionary.reference.com, activism is the policy or action of using campaigning to bring about political or social change. A huge campaign that is well known across the world, the Civil Rights Movement, was brought about by Martin Luther King, Jr. King risked his life everyday to ensure justice and equality for the African American race. “Small Change” by Malcolm Gladwell gives insight on how activism is more effective than social media, especially from one scenario at the Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. Gladwell points out his strong belief of what activism can do for a society rather