Day After Tomorrow Belonging

Michael Pollan's article, “Why Bother”, was written to raise awareness on the controversial issue of Global Warming while also calling for change amongst individuals, on a global scale. The article is a great example of rhetorical writing as Pollan focuses on targeting the audience by invoking emotion through his personal anecdotes as well as scientific evidence and expert analysis. The articles takes the audience on a journey where we begin not truly understanding the point of it all and ending with what hopefully is a strong need to act. Michael Pollan begins his article off with a story about his overwhelming feeling of shock after watching Al Gore’s, “An Inconvenient Truth.” He describes the most emotional aspect of the entire documentary

How is “seeing” climate change in the film different than learning about climate change through a book or a news story?

This paper will reflect on the readings that we have done thus far, as well as ask the important question of how our daily lives, the things that we buy, use, and throw away, are all intertwined and built to impact climate change. Readings such as: Poverty, the environment, and the market, Tangled routes, the story of stuff, and This Changes everything gave us a glimpse into how humans are the primary contributors to climate change. Also, the movie; These changes everything, builds upon the image that humans are the primary contributors to climate change.

Day of the Dead Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday to honor and remember the loved ones who have passed away. Day of the Dead or Dia de los Muertos is celebrated on October 31 through November 2 and is Mexico’s most important holiday. They spend a lot of money and time in celebrating this than any other holiday. Day of the Dead can be celebrated in either public or private places. Some celebrations in the public happen on the streets or parades.

Global Warming has changed American’s perspectives in many ways though-out the past centuries including: the way society views our environment, technology, cultural values, as well as expectations. According to Kerry Ferris and Jill Stein, The Real World; An Intro to Sociology; 4th Edition (pg.45), a paradigm shifts, “occur when new data force new ways of looking at the world”. In the 1950’s increased awareness was placed on global warming and the Green House Effect due to new technology showing that the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere were rising each year (Encyclopedia of Global Warming). As a result Americans were concerned with pollution for the first time in history; and in return, our cultures perspectives slowly started to change the way we look at the world.

The passage on pages 50-51 in the short story, “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” illustrates Giovanni’s growing love for Beatrice and how it changes his perception of her. Giovanni is in his room in Padua, Italy, where he wakes up with thoughts of Beatrice after meeting her the day before. The quote, “invested with all the witchery that had been gathering around it ever since his first glimpse of her, and now likewise imbued with a tender warmth of girlish womanhood,” (Hawthorne 50) portrays Giovanni’s first impression of Beatrice. Made aware of the events prior, in which Beatrice killed a lizard and a fly with her breath, Giovanni believes Beatrice might be capable of what he thought was impossible. Giovanni’s thoughts about Beatrice change when her

Climate change in today’s day in age attracts people’s attention very easily. There is no doubt that climate change will indeed affect everyone.

Gore than makes it even more clear by interacting numbers into his animation. He says if there was an increase of 5F then there would be an at least 1F change at the equator and at least a 12F increase at the poled. This allows the audience to have an easier time viewing material and visualizing what actually is happening. Another example of logos in this film is the use of statistics and numbers especially when Al Gore starts talking about the flooding in Mumbai, India in 2006. He goes into details abut how they had 27 inches of rain in 24 hours and that the death toll reach 1,000. This really allows the audience to think about the consequences of global warming and how stronger storms can be caused by an increase in global warming.

Climate change has been a subject of discussion in the media for many years, supported with the use of arguments against oil polluting the environment and extreme scare tactics of Polar ice caps flooding civilians backyards. The issue has been ignored by the majority of lay people as seeming too complicated, and with all the conflicting information in the media in the past, who can blame them? However, scientifically, climate change and what perpetrates it is fairly simple to understand and society as a whole is beginning to come to a clear consensus on climate change. Thanks in part to more readily available forms of media and information, people have become cognizant of the fact that climate change is a legitimate problem which requires immediate amelioration. While this may seem melodramatic, society is realizing that climate change is an issue which can no longer be denied if the human race wishes to continue.

Due to modern-day industrial activities, environmental issues continue to occur including, accelerated sea level rise and longer, more intense heat waves. Unfortunately, however, for the past decade scientists have been warning the public of climate change but have hardly made any progress to express the urgency of the matter, all of which was discussed in the 2006 documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth.” Subsequently, the world has fallen short on implementing serious industrial change. On the contrary, the trailer for “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power”, published by Paramount Pictures under the direction of Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk, effectively convinces its audience to watch the documentary by conveying the devastating effects of

Prior to watching Chasing Ice, I felt like I was well informed on the issue of climate change as well as itʻs ecological effects. Although, I also cannot recall actually spending time to understand the severity of the issue or learning of decisions that I could make as an individual that would alleviate it. After watching Chasing Ice, I realized that ignorance and the general unawareness of the public is the first component of the issue that must be addressed in order to combat it. When facts and warnings of climate change are communicated through articles and other media outlets, people are often inclined to avoid the issue. As a result, the issue does not seem as urgent as it actually is and does not receive the attention it deserves. It

The Day After Tomorrow reflects American anxieties about the United States failing to address climate change. A huge climate change argument arose in 2001 when newly elected president George W. Bush opted out of the Kyoto Protocol. Wikipedia explains the Kyoto Protocol:

Many believe there’s a controversy among scientists over the cause of the climate crisis we’ve been undergoing for the last 50 years, but that’s not actually the case. In the film An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore sets out to inform individuals that the increase in greenhouse gas emission, in which causes global warming, is a direct result of the habits we possess as individuals, nations, and planet as a whole. Throughout the film, viewers are introduced to a variety of characters who possess motivations relative to the issue, along with many tropes, images, and schemes impacting the way in which the information is presented. We’re also going to analyze mode of audience and the theme relative to characters, events, and setting.

The concern of global warming contains many arguments, as presented by DiCaprio on Earth Day 2016. First of all, his speech explores

America’s culture is constantly changing— what we eat, how we live, and even how we interact with one another. We have the tools to become exceedingly interpersonally competent, and we have used them to our advantage. But one aspect of our interpersonal communication is widely accepted: social interaction is essential to being healthy, both physically, mentally and emotionally. We all need a support system, a friend, someone/something to confide in. Yet research shows that “sociodemographic changes in American society indicate a disturbing trend toward increased social isolation” (Hawkley & Cacioppo). Why is this? We know we need strong social ties to remain content, and this seems