Paul Bogard discusses the absolute need to preserve and sustain natural darkness. In his work "Let There Be Light." Bogard's overall concept is that the world needs darkness for ecological, social, and medical purposes. On the third and sixth paragraph of Paul Bogard's "Let There Be Dark" Bogard addresses the readers and their kin. "But now, when 8 out of 10 children born in the United States will never know a sky dark enough for the Milky Way." Bogard uses the emotions of his readers to show that we need darkness. He claims that out of ten children only two will be able to witness the Milky Way. "Those of us over 35 are perhaps among the last generation to have known truly dark nights." Bogard pulls in his readers of which are born after …show more content…
"...our bodies need darkness to sleep. Sleep disorders have been linked to diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and depression." Bogard reveals the bad side of artificial light. Bogard insists that man-made light is causing us to lose sleep, which could cause a variety of diseases and disorders which people would normally like to steer away from. "-the 400 species of birds that migrate at night in North America, the sea turtles that come ashore to lay their eggs- and some are not, such as the bats that save American farmers billions in pest control and the moths that pollinate 80% of the world's flora." Within that quote, Bogard argues that humans without a doubt need natural darkness to sustain ecological and marine life or in Bogard's words "... without darkness, Earth's ecology would collapse..." Bogard also used quotes from the AMA (American Medical Association) "...and the American Medical Association has voiced its unanimous support for 'light pollution reduction efforts and glare reduction efforts at both the national and state levels.'" He uses quotes from the World Health Organization "Already the World Health Organization classifies working the night shift as a probable human carcinogen..." Lastly, he uses quotes from NASA "...based on NASA photographs, show that what was a very dark country as recently as the 1950s is now …show more content…
The beginning of "Let There Be Dark" is a personal story from Bogard's past. "At my family's cabin on a Minnesota lake, I knew woods so dark that my hands disappeared before my eyes. I knew night skies in which meteors left smokey trails across sugary spreads of stars." Many writers that write to change someone's opinion use personal experience because it can link the author to the reader. Following the quote above "... I worry we are rapidly losing night's natural darkness before realizing its worth." Bogard intentionally inserts a story from his boyhood to connect with his readers and then lays down his thesis statement: natural darkness is essential. In the reader's mind, they already have an unconscious connection with the author so they would never think that the author would lie so they would believe what the author's thesis statement
When was the last time you really looked up at the stars? Have you forgotten they were there, or has light pollution blinded us? This is a problem that has been going on for a while now, and its getting worse. People only hear about the major pollutions, like water and air. They do not realize or never heard about light pollution and its effect on the planet. The media only talk about how global warming is killing our animals, but do not talk about how light pollution is killing us. “Our Vanishing Night”, written by Verlyn Klinkenborg, a graduate from Pomona College with a PhD from Princeton University, explains how light pollution is effecting worldwide. “News’n’More”, “O Stars, Where Are You? , is and article which agrees with Klinkenborg. Both articles agree the light pollution is effecting our environment and harming our beloved species.
This fact can be supported by the book’s very title, Night. Even before reading, night implies darkness, hatred and doom, as well as other negative ideas associated with the pitch-blackness that can be seen only at night. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky. Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever. Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live.
True son and his battle to get back to his Indian family. This is also
James Wright was a poet that dealt with many hardships in his life, but he found a way to turn those negative moments into beautiful works of poetry. As a child, he lived in poverty with his family and later on suffered with depression and alcoholism. Growing up in Ohio, Wright learned how to work hard which is reflected in his poetic achievements. Wright turned his struggles into poems and for him to be able to achieve success through his pain is what makes his work American. Frank McShane wrote “The Search for Light” in Peter Stit and Frank Graziano’s James Wright: A Profile, and in the book McShane includes: “James Wright knew how restricted most American lives were” (131). For Wright to be able to live the “restricted” life McShane is discussing,
In the French coastal town of Saint- Malo in August 1944, War World II is coming to its high point. The allies are landing and fighting against Germany. Anthony Doerr’s “All the Light We Cannot See” is a historical fiction book, with a wide-ranging language and characters who are both courageous and heartbreaking. Doerr brings together the stories of a French girl named Marie-Laure, who has lost her eyesight and a German orphan named Werner. As Hitler upsurges, Marie-Laure and Werner lives and families are torn apart by the war. Anthony Doerr 's’ use of imagery, and metaphor, he stresses the damage of life that war creates. Since the characters were affected by the war and also affected by their experiences, all characters went through a change
“A sensible man will remember that the eyes may be confused in two ways- by a change from light to darkness or from darkness to light; and he will recognize the same thing happens to the soul” (Plato 3). In a literal meaning, the term dark is defined as, “with little or no light,” and the term light is defined as, “the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible” (Dictionary.com). However, when used in a piece of work, such as this one, darkness and light can be associated with an endless amount of meanings. For instance, by using imagery, any author can write a story about one event that’s happening, but have a deeper, more meaningful message that isn’t so straightforward. For example, in both Oedipus the King and “The Allegory
The book All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doer, was not your traditional love and war story. It’s about a young blind girl named Marie growing up in the war, who had a connection with a young boy named Werner who is a part of the Hitler youth. There are a few other characters who are all in different parts of the world, and yet they eventually all meet up together and find out they all have some type of connection between each other. All of the characters in the book were affected by the war, and caused them to change into the characters that they ended up to be.
...er swell of those familiar tones, heard daily in the sunshine, at Salem village, but never, until now from a cloud of night.? (202) The use of light and dark imagery in this particular sentence helps you understand Goodman Brown?s despair. He has realized the truth that the people he sees in the daylight hours pretending to be pure and good are the total opposite in the dark.
darkness, they [should not] not go there. If man dislikes black night and yawning chasms, then should he not even consider them? Shouldn't man seek out the sunshine, instead? The
Hunt, Jonathan. "In Darkness." The Horn Book Magazine Mar.-Apr. 2012: 111+. Academic OneFile. Web. 29 Apr. 2014
As society continuously expands, building new structures, light pollution becomes increasingly problematic. Paul Bogard addresses this problem and argues against the increasing light pollution in his writing, “Let There Be Dark.” Through his use of the ethos and pathos, Bogard attempts to persuade his audience of the beauty of natural darkness.
... middle of paper ... ... Its unfortunate the average person is blind to many discoveries that surround them or right in front of them. In Annie Dillard’s words, “Everywhere darkness and the presence of the unseen appalls.we rock, cradled in the swaddling band of darkness.
Darkness by Lord Byron is a romantic piece of literature depicting the bleak demise of our current world. The speaker begins his poem as a “dream” but “not all a dream,” (1) immediately showing doubt for the story to follow. The poet then imagines the end of the world through a series of natural, social, and supernatural events. Byron does not believe in life after death or a certain religion; therefore, the end is really the end. This idea that life is over after death, intensifies the “darkness” in the poem. During the time Byron wrote this poem, there was a theory that the sun would burn out the earth, basically destroying the world. This influenced Byron to write Darkness because the earth in reality was headed toward a dark black place of nothing. This could be a reason that Byron wrote that the palaces and huts would be burned to give light and warmth because it is much needed in this dark world. He uses diction and imagery in this piece to increase the darkness and gloominess of it. Lord Byron utilizes these stylistic techniques to convey the theme of the future conclusion; da...
The poem " Domination of Black" by Wallace Stevens takes place on an early autumn night, focusing at one point on a person in a room thinking about darkness, while a fire is going in a fireplace nearby. A few images appear repetitively, which tie the poem together more clearly.
The "Heart of Darkness," written by Joseph Conrad in 1899 as a short story, is about two men who face their own identities as what they consider to be civilized Europeans and the struggle to not to abandon their themselves and their morality once they venture into the "darkness." The use of "darkness" is in the book's title and in throughout the story and takes on a number of meanings that are not easily understood until the story progresses. As you read the story you realize that the meaning of "darkness" is not something that is constant but changes depending on the context it used.