Snowpiercer Themes

Imagine a world with no trees, no healthy grass, no glaciers, or no living creatures at all. The cause of this tragedy could be the increase in heat in the Earth’s atmosphere due to global warming. If global warming continues to increase, the world will be left empty. The Earth has been around for a long time, and many feet have walked on it, but no one has walked on this Earth without trees, grass, or creatures. With global warming, the Earth’s meteorology gets too warm, and all of the glaciers will start to melt. Global warming occurs when an increase in the carbon dioxide levels causes the temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere to rise. The Earth’s meteorology is often a subject explored in literature. For example, “Chronicles of Ice” talks

Ehrlich says, “The retreat and disappearance of glaciers-means we’re burning libraries and damaging the planet…” (89). The author includes this deep thought burning quote to the reader to explain that there is a problem with the loss of all this environmental information these ice masses hold. Ehrlich makes this inference to repulse and further engage the reader into this natural disaster. Then follows step by step the effects melted glaciers would have upon the Earth. She starts with the Albedo effect, continues to the loss of ice and snow, and finishes with, “our sources of fresh water will disappear” (90). This addresses the effects aspect, but also appeals to audience, due to the fact that humans cannot live without freshwater. The author uses the human items of an air conditioner and sponge to dramatize the consequences of contraction glaciers.

Earth has experienced many episodes of dramatic climate changes with different periods in earth history. There have been periods during which the entire planet has been covered in ice and at another time it has been scorchingly hot and dry. In this regards, earth has experienced at least three major periods of long- term frigid climate and ice ages interspersed with periods of warm climate. The last glacial period which current glaciers are the result of it, occurring during the last years of Pleistocene, from approximately 110,000 to 10,000 years age (Clayton, 1997). Indeed, glaciers present sensitive indicators of climate change and global warming and by estimating and monitoring the dynamic evolution of these ice masses, several

Ice ages are well documented in Earth’s history, and they are proven to be relatively frequent. But what if that ice age persisted over not just regions near the poles, but around the equator as well? The term “snowball Earth” refers to a condition where Earth is completely covered by ice. Evidence indicates that snowball Earth may have been around in the Neoproterozoic. In fact, evidence points to the conclusion that these conditions happened three separate times in the Neoproterozoic. A snowball Earth condition is hard to prove, but this theory may explain several different phenomena. However, it is not accepted by all, there is evidence against a snowball Earth as well. Some believe that a snowball Earth would not have been possible in past climate conditions while there are views that defend the idea of more of a ‘slushball’ Earth rather than a planet entirely frozen on the surface.

In Jeannette Walls’ The Glass Castle, there are many important themes that pop throughout the book. Although there are many themes, the most essential one is how a hard past forces people to learn to rely on themselves to make their life better by pushing through their struggles, this changes how a person thinks and acts ultimately defining their identity. This theme is the most prominent throughout the book.

A theme, by literary definition, is a central topic of a text.This means that they are a always a part of every story. Mainly, themes symbolize the meanings of texts. In one particular story by Ursula K. Le Guin, “The Ones Who WAlk Away from Omelas,” one of its main themes centers around the neglection of morals and ethics. Throughout the text,this idea of moral neglection is apparent and it describes how derelict the ethics of the people of Omelas has become.

The theme is a tremendously essential part of any poem. The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics defines a theme as something that “refers simply to the subject or topic treated in a discourse or a part of it” (R.O.E. and T.V.F.B. 1281). In other words, the theme is simply the focus of one’s work or discussion. The two poems, “Musée des Beaux Arts” and “Waiting for Icarus,” contain similar themes. In “Musée des Beaux Arts” and “Waiting for Icarus” there is a strong theme of abandonment found throughout both of the poems. In “Musée des Beaux Arts” it is Icarus, the subject of Breughel’s painting, who is being abandoned while drowning in the sea. Auden clearly portrays this when he writes, “In Breughel’s Icarus, for instance: how everything turns away / Quite leisurely from the disaster” (lns. 14-15). Auden uses these lines to describe how everyone is ignoring Icarus’ current predicament. Auden examines the disaster even further by stating, “the sun shone / As it had to on the white legs disappearing into green / Water” (lns. 17-19). Here, Auden is clearly telling his readers that Icarus is drowning, but life was carrying on anyway; thus proving the theme of abandonment. “Waiting for Icarus” also incorporates the theme of abandonment, although Rukeyser does not depict it as fatally as Auden does. Rukeyser expresses the theme of abandonment in her poem when she writes, “I have been waiting all day, or perhaps longer. / I would have liked to try those wings myself. / It would have been better than this” (lns. 20-22). Here, Rukeyser depicts the persona as someone who has been waiting a long time for her lover to show up and Rukeyser makes it pretty clear that he is not going to. Therefore, Rukeyser shows her readers that the persona has been tragically abandoned by her lover. Auden and Rukeyser both use the theme of abandonment in their poems in order to show their readers how painful it is to be discarded by the world.

Roughly 2.4 million years ago, the Ice Age began on Earth. Over time, the thick snowpack that had accumulated in the Sierra Nevada due to cooled temperatures compacted into giant sheets of ice. These ice sheets became glaciers when they were set into motion due to the pressure of their own weight. The glaciers cleared everything that came in their path including boulders, soil, and trees; everything but the bedrock, which was instead smoothed out, was completely stripped. As global temperatures fluctuated over the years, the glaciers have advanced and retreated multiple

Good morning today I will be talking about the Australian film ‘The Castle’ was released on 10 April 1997 and stars such as Micheal Caton(Darryl Kerrigan), Anne Tenney(Sal Kerrigan), Stephen Curry(Dale Kerrigan). The film was directed by rob stich and written by Santo Cilauro and Tom Gleisner. The film was about a working-class family from Melbourne, Australia fight the airlink corporation after being told they must vacate their beloved family home to allow for the airport expansion.

Imagine playing the game Battleship, firing fake cannons at fake ships to destroy them. The thrill of the game gets the heart pumping and the adrenaline rushing. But what if the game was actually real? At the very moment fake cannons are firing, real cannons are hitting real ships. With this analogy in mind, in the book Ender's Game written by Orson Scott Card, the commander Graff manipulates Battle School and Ender's friendships for his own advantage. It was right for Graff to manipulate the Battle School and Ender's friendships because if Graff didn't tell Ender his family didn't love him he may have never left home. Also, without the tough commanders and friends he may not be the person he is when he destroys the alien race and, if he knew the battle against the alien race was real then he may get nervous and not do his best.

When it comes to little boys, Ender isn't any ordinary one, killing a whole species isn't what I would call ordinary. Ender's game is a space Sci-fi, written by Orson Scott Card. The theme of the book is forgiveness, because of how Ender's enemy forgave him, how even the biggest mistakes can be forgiven, and how Ender goes out of his way for forgiveness.

The thesis of the film “Chasing Ice” is to portray the extreme climate change we are facing today. The film has a clear goal of showing visually the danger we are causing our planet by denying climate change. The aim of the film is to show us visually that climate change does exist and it is happening at a rapid rate. The film does a good job at providing evidence that climate change is happening, by capturing footage of the changes occurring over short periods of time. These videos captured by James Balog’s recording devices make it almost impossible to deny climate change and that is precisely the purpose of the film.

The Arctic is global warming’s canary in the coal mine. It is a highly sensitive area which is profoundly affected by the changing climate. The average temperature in the Arctic is rising twice as fast as elsewhere in the world (nrdc.org). Because of this, the ice cap is getting thinner, melting away, and rupturing. Here is an example of this; the largest ice block in the Arctic, the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, had been around for 3000 years before it started cracking in 2000 (nrdc.org) By 2002, the Ward Hunt has cracked completely through and had started breaking into smaller pieces. The melting ice caps are affecting the earth and its inhabitants in many ways. In this paper, the following concepts and subjects will be

The setting is the basis upon which the story of a novel develops, as it has a tremendous effect on what happens in the story. In the novel ‘Snow Country’ by Yasunari Kawabata the setting plays a pivotal role in highlighting prominent themes such as, Loneliness, Wasted Love and Wasted Beauty. Snow country is the literal translation of the Japanese title ‘Yukiguni’. The name comes from where the story takes place or rather where the story is ‘set’; a village (rural area) on an island in Japan that receives a huge amount of snow during the season of ‘winter’. The title ‘Snow Country’ it-self induces a slight hint of the setting that the story would be established on. Snow Country explores the mundane relationship between Shimamura, a wealthy- married man and Komako, a geisha who

Over time, many versions of common fairy tales have been released. Each one comes with unique differences, that separate them from the others. Snow White is an example. Commonly, what comes to the minds of many individuals when they hear the title “Snow White”, is Disney. They have the basic beautiful princess in a sticky situation, accompanied by their trustful sidekicks, in this case seven dwarfs. However, Walt Disney was not the creator of this story, or the evil queen constantly muttering ,¨Mirror, mirror, on the wall…”. It seems as though many in this world have fallen in love with this portrayal of the tale. Believe it or not, these ideas are based directly off a German version published by the Grimm Brothers. Both are very alike, and unlike too. Similarly, new versions, released in movies, have also changed the depiction of the common “Snow White”. These differences may be related to how society is beginning to view people, women, and heroes, or someone who is brave and courageous. This has helped shape these newer versions of the all-time classic.