In this article, “Let There Be Dark”, by Paul Bogard, he focuses on the health effects, economy, environment, and logistics of having too much artificial light. He provides many relevant pieces of evidence throughout the story to discuss how being on technology that provides artificial light are terrible for your mind and health.
Bogard starts his argument with a personal experience that relates to him valuing darkness, and then provides information about darkness being necessary in our lives. He states “8 of 10 children born in the United States will never know a sky dark enough for the Milky Way,” to appeal to the reader’s sense of logic. He discusses how the world depends on lightness and darkness, yet people choose to depend on light more which will be harmful in the long run. Bogard effectively provides scientific evidence relating to activities some must do in order to survive,as “the World Health Organization classifies working the night shift as a probable human carcinogen.” Many people work night shifts so that they’re able to have the necessities of life, but scientists are stating that they are internally ruining their
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While some light at night is needed in order to be safe, a lot of the light being used throughout the hours of darkness are unnecessary and a waste of energy. Bogard gives more examples throughout the story about his childhood, “Even the northern lake where I was lucky to spend my summers has seen its darkness diminish.” He makes sure to give the reader vivid imagery when describing the events from his
The reading “Stranger Than True” by Barry Winston is not familiar to me, yet an intriguing and fascinating story. The principal point of the writer, who specializes in criminal law tried to convey was that everything isn't so black and white. Everybody is honest until demonstrated blameworthy despite all proof points against them.
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Kurtz is Marlow’s princess: his damsel in distress. A statement as such may seem out of place for a novella about a man sharing his experience about a trip he took up the Congo River. However, in Thomas Foster’s How To Read Literature Like A Professor, the concept of Heart of Darkness serving a quest story is likely. It applies to Fosters checklist of having: “(a) a quester, (b) a place to go, (c) a stated reason to go there, (d) challenges and trials en route, and (e) the real reason to go there”. Aside from gender role confusion, Kurtz can serve as Marlow’s seeked upon princess present in a standard quest story.
Analysis of 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night by Simon and Garfunkel In expressive arts we are studing the topics the 60’s. We listened to the song “7 O'clock News/Silent Night” Simon and Garfunkel. In 1956, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel were juniors at Forest Hills High School in New York City. They began playing together as a group called Tom and Jerry, with Simon as Jerry Landis and Garfunkel as Tom Graph, so called because he always liked to track hits on the pop charts.
In order to address the world’s excessive reliance on artificial light, Paul Bogard uses his skillful and persuasive writing techniques in his piece “Let There Be Dark”. In this article, Bogard talks about the consequences of losing light and the irreplaceable value of darkness. Bogard also talks about how darkness can benefit all forms of life and how heavy reliance on artificial light is slowly killing the much-needed darkness in our world. In order to persuade the reader about this issue of too much light, Bogard effectively builds his argument by using personal anecdotes, statistics, guilt, different research findings, and solutions to absorb the reader into this article.
Ralph heard the night watchman call lights out. The moon gleaming in the window was the only source of light within Ralph’s room now. Even in the dim light he could make out the sink and toilet. The room was padded, and the door had a glass window that reflected fluorescent light into the room. The combination of the artificial and natural light created a faint glimmer upon the mirror that hung above the sink.
Night is dangerous to all people and even in a fort-like hall, warriors sleep with “each man’s kit kept at hand” (1244). However, the morning relieves all endangered men by unveiling all hidden dangers and monsters. “The hall towered, gold-shingled and gabled, and the guest slept in it until the black raven with raucous glee announced Heaven’s joy, and a hurry of brightness overran the shadows” (1799-1803). The morning renders everyone relieved that light returns and casts them into a safe net of luminescence. Day symbolizes safety and reassurance in the book, an important proponent of everyone’s desire to feel secure. Without shouting or making any noise, light awakens the lands, frightens evil, and protects the unsheltered. Darkness hides danger, thieves, and evil in its black cloaks of hidden malice.
Paul Bougard, a writer/ journalist for Los Angeles Times wrote an essay in 2012 regarding the diminishing darkness in our skies and the world around us as nations across the world become more technologically advanced and more light dependent as cities grow. Bougard uses a condemning tone to try and compel the reader to try and change the way he views the increase lighting around him and to act upon it. To further increase the persuasive effect of his essay, Bougard uses Diction and figurative language.
Harrington, J. M. (2001). Health Effects of Shift Work and Extended Hours of Work. OEM Education. Retrieved on December 3, 2013, from http://oem.bmj.com/content/58/1/68.full. doi: 10.1136.oem.58.1.68
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.
The setting gives the reader a sense that terror awaits. This story shows this by talking about the lighting
Initially, the story endorses the conventional views of Western society, exhibiting light as a positive and reassuring presence without truly comprehending the truth it reveals. Before Marlow begins his story, the sky around the boat he reclines on is full of light.
This therefore is a very important part of the setting. In addition, when the candles start to go out, the character panics. The writer uses phrases such as ‘suddenly went out’, ‘black shadow sprang back to its place’ and ‘darkness was there.’ This excites the reader, and you want to read on. Also the writer uses short, sharp sentences to emphasise the panic and terror, which the character is feeling.
In the daytime, the sun illuminates the world, drawing everything into plain sight; in the nighttime however, the moon provides only a faint glow, allowing the world to be obscured and thrust into shadows and darkness. The fundamental fear of the dark is one of the reasons we behave so cautiously during the night. As juveniles, people are taught to fear the night and trust the day; they are told folklore about “the Boogey Man” and other unpleasant creatures that “go bump in the night”, and only in the night. The folklores were told to protect them because it is actually more dangerous during the dark hours of twilight. Many crimes occur during the day; however more crimes occur during the night because there are more places to hide and less people to witness these evil ...
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