Iceberg Informative Essay

The Icebergs is an incredible piece which I believe has almost every single element of art to give it its glorious touch of life. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church in 1861. The medium used by Church is oil on canvas, and the element of art that really caught my eye while looking at this painting is texture. Church did an incredible job giving the paint a texture which gives the effect that the piece of art is 3 dimensional. The almost rough texture of the icebergs give an illusion that the viewer is not looking at a painting but it almost makes you feel like you are standing right inside the image looking at the real amazing view.

Foreword by Spenser Johnson: One the surface, the story of this book appears to be a fable that is relatively easy to grasp, but it does subtly impart an invaluable lesson on change. The book covers John Kotter’s Eight Steps to bring about successful organizational change and can be equally useful for a high-school student as it is for a CEO of a multi-national organization.

As a kid who has cared about nature his entire life, and an avid modern environmentalist for four years and counting, this issue has been at the center of my psyche for quite some time. I have seen public perspective on this issue change before my eyes. From the original rejection of Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth movie on “global warming” to personally marching alongside 300,000 people in our nation's capital to raise awareness on climate change. However, despite all of these avenues the issue is still spoken about as this distant idea that eventually will be a disaster. Many politicians and news networks speak of the need for slow implementation of policies and programs to right our environmental wrongs. The best way to paraphrase the common narrative of this issue would be to say, climate change is going to happen down the road, it will probably be bad and trying to fix it in the near future would be a good idea. That weak call to action shoves climate change onto the long to-do list of the leaders of our world. Not only does it not create the urgency needed to actually curb the effects of our environmental ignorance, but it does not accurately describe the threat of a changing climate. Treating this like a political issue will not allow for the rigorous changes needed to address such a problem in the timely manner that is required.

The problem that the pro- global warming theorists have created is that of social standing and little else. While there may be scientific backing to support some of the theory, the media presents the problem with great sensationalism. Global warming and energy conservation has thus become a trend and losses some of its validity through this. The scare tactics used by the media to “promote awareness” are just that, a linguistic ploy to gain favor. “Awareness of this global threat reinforced public concern and environmental problems and thereby provided environmental activists, scientists, and policy makers with new momentum in their efforts to promote environmental protection.” (McCright, 2000) This statement draws line to the potential benefits that would be received if the pro-global warming theorists were to draw enough attention to the issue. Driven by social empowerment and conviction to environmental protection, these activists misrepresent the actual threat and paint it as being much more

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.

Global warming is a worldwide issue and can be considered to have the biggest possible audience. However, it has no drastic impact on the day to day life, rather it's a gradual change. The fact that global warming is too broad is likely why studies have found that “people rank global warming lower than local environmental issues”(Konisky). In contrast, Oil drilling can be seen as impacting a comparatively smaller group but at a more drastic scale. National Parks, for example, are in danger of oil drilling due to recent congressional action.

This adds a deeper level of relatability to a topic that is typically seen as complicated and full of confusing data analysis too complicated for the average person. One of her few uses of logos is to push the point that most people can understand climate change without needing to understand the data. She recounts a time the Canadian government tried to deny the disappearing sea ice through data manipulation (reference). Through her use of pathos she urges people to support climate change without getting caught up in statistical details. Atwood uses metaphors less sparingly then Wallace to describe human’s foolish and idiotic attempts to deal with climate change, such as burying our heads in sand in order to filter what we hear. (reference Atwood). She goes on to compare two possible futures; an environmental utopia where humans are self-sufficient, and a horrible dystopia where humans are forced to eat their pet dogs (Atwood reference). This serves as a rhetorical question as no one would willingly wish to live in the apocalyptic society she describes. The dark themes of her essay are masked with the use of satire and comedy which serves to soften the heavy tone and make light of foolish humans

Imagine your hometown underwater; the places you once hoped to show your grandchildren lost completely and swept away into an abyss. It doesn’t sound great, does it? Unfortunately, this could very well become reality. Maybe not during this generation, but eventually. Climate change is a severe issue that affects us all. Icecaps are melting, sea levels are rising, and many Americans are either unaware of the issue or have listened to major politicians dismissing the issue without much knowledge of it.

Anyone of my multiplewriting assingments about the ice man could easily be expanded into a solid essay. I could do this by discusing how he is one of the best relics ever discovered about how our ancient ancestors used to live. I could then move on to discusing the specifiics of how he was found, his possesions, and how he died. All of these are interesting and informative tidbits in thier own right, and combined could make a rather intersting informative essay.

After reading Ezra M. Markowitz “Climate Change and moral Judgement” I was able to look at the issue of why most people don’t understand why global warming is happening differently. I think the mane point or question that the author Ezra M. Markowitz is trying to answer in his essay titled “Climate Change and moral Judgement” is how some many people cant see the dangers of climate change even though it is happening right in front of them. Ezra M. Markowitz makes this statement at the beginning of his essay “Converging evidence from the behavioral and brain sciences suggests that the human moral judgement system is not well equipped to identify climate change — a complex, large-scale and unintentionally caused phenomenon — as an important moral

In “Climate Change Isn't World's Biggest Problem”, Alex B. Berezow writes about how politicians and members of media are missing the big picture in terms of world issues. Climate change is stated to be a big issue however, Berezow says it isn’t the biggest. He further points out that they are missing the big picture when he clearly says “Just a cursory glance around the world reveals that, given the enormous problems facing our planet, it would be surprising if climate change cracked a list of the top 10 immediate concerns.” The biggest issue is poverty because without money or resources people can’t survive very long. In fact, Mr.Berezow explains that in the world’s poorest countries, six of the ten leading causes of death are infectious

With the use of imagery, the editorial cartoon explains how global warming is the real thing now. With the use of the earth being unhealthy and sad; the memory box with pictures of the earth being healthy and happy, however it makes the earth some what look back of the way he used to be. This cartoon represents the acceptanceof what truly the earth is now; now sad, unhealthy, polluted.

Have you ever been treated unfairly? Have you ever been treated like you have no rights at all? Most people have, but few of them have been treated as badly as Victor and his friends were in “Ice Man” written by Elmore Leonard, just because they are Native Americans.

There is an issue on this planet that will define this generation. The issue is climate change. Global warming. A world on the collapse as our oceans are acidified, our air polluted, our forests disappearing, and human rights issues getting worse. It seems that people are not aware of how big climate change actually is. It’s not something that only takes place on the ice caps or in the forests on the far corners of the world. This is an issue that happens here, and now. It’s real. It’s happening.

Hemingway's writing technique is an interesting way of writing. His “Iceberg Theory” is influential to writers today. His theory is composed up of 10% conscious mind and 90% of only subconscious mind. He was an authentic writer. His writing is relatable and believable because of the silences he would use and short sentences. Hemingway’s writing was is close to everyday encounters and situations. He is widely known for his writing and stories. He gave a new flavor to writing and touched people's hearts in a personal way. Because of his special writing, his structured way of writing will live out for generations to come.