Throughout her book, Yamashita has created a well portrayed connection between humans and nature. While reading Through the Arc of the Rainforest, Yamashita brings up many solution and many problems that are present not just when the book was written, but even to this modern day. In this paper, I argue that Yamashita portrays the human and nature relationship as
Grim and dark, while having a glistening bit of hope. This would bring up many of the reasons why people rely on nature. I then will compare her portrayal of the human relationship with nature to the work of such artist such as Jae Rhim Lee.
The book is very interesting, the character development and the development of nature. Let’s start off with what I thought before the book, and just reading a small section of the book. It is written in such light tone and friendly, happy and optimistic tone. But as you near the end I started to develop foreshadowing events of what would happen. As each characters stories come to a grinding halt, it gets quite disturbing and odd. Well I don’t know if this apply to all of the people who have read the book or not, or just people in general, but the book shaped me to feel like I could do something to help the environment instead of making it worst. Just like Simal has stated on his third page, “Ecosystem should be considered as much “natural” as “unnatural””. This would help to understand that what we do, as we are natural a species, while what we do seems unnatural. And so because of this stand point, I would say the book shapes how readers feel and thinking of how we, the humans create unnatural thing, but yet end up having nature corrected it, making it natural or in a sense a cycle of natural to unnatural and back to natural.
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...ry of what we do wrong, while the other gives an example of how as small as one can be, what one can do to help in a small way.
From the book, to Jae Rhim Lee, nature has its ways. The world will balance its self out with or without humans, maybe longer or just as quick. Even though we create things that harm the earth, nature evens itself out not just by destruction but creation and adaption. I think it’s a marvelous world we live in. I think it is scary what the earth can really do from ridding the things we rely on, or out of nowhere decides to unleash a disease that kills a good portions of humans. But at the same time, breed life and that’s beautiful. As beautiful as nature is, it is sad to see how little people try to make this place a better and more ecofriendly world, to people like Jae Rhim Lee, great job at finding ways to help lower out eco foot print.
...the book is not without flaws it is definitely worth taking the time to read. It is incredibly informative and takes a look at the environmental approach in a little different manner. People can relate to the ideas that Diamond is suggesting far easier than the typical “going green” approach. While Diamond is optimistic of the future he admits that there is not that much time to act on what he is saying. By the end of the book, if it is read with an open mind, you truly grasp what Diamond is saying and you realize that the book is worth your time. It is not the traditional environmental work; he is far more realistic in his expectations than most environmentalists. Due to this realism people need to heed his warning and take his fight to heart. Like he said ultimately humans created the problems and humans have the control to solve the problems that we face.
The message of the film is to describe the Waorani lifestyle and how the rainforest is critical to their maintaining their nomadic lifestyle that has been a part of their culture for centuries. Wade Davis’ article, Among the Waorani, provides much of the content brought to
My overall opinion of this book is good I really liked it and recommend it to anyone. It is a good book to read and it keep you interested throughout the whole book.
In “The Fish” by Elizabeth Bishop, the narrator attempts to understand the relationship between humans and nature and finds herself concluding that they are intertwined due to humans’ underlying need to take away from nature, whether through the act of poetic imagination or through the exploitation and contamination of nature. Bishop’s view of nature changes from one where it is an unknown, mysterious, and fearful presence that is antagonistic, to one that characterizes nature as being resilient when faced against harm and often victimized by people. Mary Oliver’s poem also titled “The Fish” offers a response to Bishop’s idea that people are harming nature, by providing another reason as to why people are harming nature, which is due to how people are unable to view nature as something that exists and goes beyond the purpose of serving human needs and offers a different interpretation of the relationship between man and nature. Oliver believes that nature serves as subsidence for humans, both physically and spiritually. Unlike Bishop who finds peace through understanding her role in nature’s plight and acceptance at the merging between the natural and human worlds, Oliver finds that through the literal act of consuming nature can she obtain a form of empowerment that allows her to become one with nature.
In the movie A Beautiful Mind, the description of schizophrenia is shown in many accurate ways. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) states that the symptoms of this disease are delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, or unorganized or catatonic behavior. People with schizophrenia are also socially withdrawn and awkward when in contact with other people. These traits of the sickness are shown in detail throughout the movie by way of the character John Nash’s struggle with the disease. Nash is a very intelligent professor but believes he is working with the government to foil a Soviet attack plot. Nash eventually goes onto win a Nobel Prize for one of his theories. The movie shows the effects of schizophrenia on not only one man, but also on the friends and family of the ill individual. Treatment is discussed but not to any great length due to him ignoring the doctor’s orders on medication. Overall the movie shows some very prevalent traits of the disease in great detail during certain parts of the film.
Spirituals: African American spirituals are a key contribution to the creation of the initial genre of jazz. African Americans used spirituals during the earliest turmoil of slavery. These spirituals were used as songs to sing during labor and an initial way of communication for the Underground Railroad. These African American folk sounds mixed with gospel hymns were sun fused with instruments such as the harmonicas, banjos, and other instruments that could primarily be found. This initial form of the music started to separate itself from the gospel rendition. This mixture of different styles of music fused and gave birth to such things as minstrel shows, ragtime, and other forms of music. The most important that spirituals truly helped develop, was Jazz. Spirituals were the first true form of Negro expression in the form of music. Marshall W. Steams, Professor of English Literature at Hunter College states that “The spiritual was created out of nowhere by a sort of spontaneous combustion of Negro’s genius” (125). This mixture of hymns and instrumental instruction took form into one of the most versatile genres known to date, Jazz.
While I was reading the novel Beloved, I noticed several testimonies throughout the book, one of them being equality. The novel tells a tragic story about slavery and it is often pointed out that the color of one’s skin determines how he or she will be treated throughout life. The slaves in the book are in constant battle to survive among the white men; however, survival is not always the best things for the slaves.
Our current society is not capable of turning into one similar to Gilead. Gilead is an unstable time period, for what was known to be the United States of America. There are several reasons why our society today cannot be one like Gilead. The people of Gilead do many acts that violate the Bill of Rights, which our society respects highly. The United States Constitution is also violated in the novel, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood.
The theme death has always played a crucial role in literature. Death surrounds us and our everyday life, something that we must adapt and accept. Whether it's on television or newspaper, you'll probably hear about the death of an individual or even a group. Most people have their own ideas and attitude towards it, but many consider this to be a tragic event due to many reasons. For those who suffered greatly from despair, living their life miserably and hopelessly, it could actually be a relief to them. Death affects not only you, but also those around you, while some people may stay unaffected depending on how they perceive it.
Antisocial personality disorder is a personality disorder marked by a general pattern of disregard for a violation of other people’s rights. Explanations of antisocial personality disorder come from the psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, and biological models. As with many other personality disorders, psychodynamic theorists propose that this disorder starts with an absence of parental love during infancy leading to a lack of basic trust. In this view, the children that develop this disorder respond to early inadequacies by becoming emotionally distant, and they bond with others through use of power and destructiveness. Behavioral theorists have suggested that antisocial symptoms may be learned through modeling, or imitation. As evidence, they point to the higher rate of antisocial personality disorder found among the parents of people with this disorder. Other behaviorists suggest that some parent’s unintentionally teach antisocial behavior by regularly awarding a child’s aggressive behavior. The cognitive view says that people with this disorder hold attitudes that trivialize the importance of other people’s needs. Cognitive theorists also believe that these people have a genuine difficulty recognizing a point of view other than their own. Finally studies show that biological factors may play an important role in developing antisocial disorder. Researchers have found that antisocial people, particularly those with high impulse and aggression, display lower serotonin activity and has been linked this same activity with other studies as well.
In Flannery O’Connor’s short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” the author uses foreshadowing to lead up to the unexpected twist of fate that the family finds when meeting the story’s antagonist “The Misfit.” As columnist in English Language Notes David Piwinski explains, “The murders of the grandmother and her family by the Misfit come as no surprise to the attentive reader, since O’Connor’s story is filled with incidents and details that ominously foreshadow the family’s catastrophic fate” (73). The following passage will explore O’Connor’s usage of foreshadowing in “A Good Man is Hard to Find.”
Forensic science plays a vital role in the criminal justice system by aiding an investigator’s case with scientific information based on the analysis of the evidence. Each crime scene is unique in its own way and using the evidence collected, forensic experts try to piece it together. An expert is someone who has had enough education, training, and experience to testify to the matter at hand (Harmon 2010). Unlike other witnesses in a case who testify based on first hand knowledge, the expert witness is not required to have firsthand knowledge of a particular case, and in fact, often does not. Rather, the expert witness testifies to the meaning of the facts (Whitcomb et al. 2005). Each forensic expert typically has a background in another scientific discipline, such as biology, physics, chemistry, etc. An expert with a biology background may work with DNA; chemistry may work in toxicology; and physics in blood spatter trajectories. Working separately on their own respected evidence, an investigator is able to collect all their data and set up a case (National Institute of Justice 2013). Usually, these experts will be hired by either the prosecution or defense in a criminal trial, or by a plaintiff or defendant in a civil litigation. The role of the expert witness exists in variants: between criminal and civil courts as well as the prosecution and defense.
Utilitarianism is a normative moral theory put forward by John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham developed in the 19th century. The moral theory of utilitarianism specifies what makes an action morally correct. Right actions are those that achieve greatest happiness for greatest number. Similarly, hedonistic utilitarianism states that the morally best action is the one that maximizes happiness and minimizes pain. This paper will further discuss the influential issue brought up by act utilitarianism and hedonism; furthermore, it will explore the matter about the experience machine and lastly, I will be taking a stand against the objection of the experience machine.
The majority of the evidence from both the MEA reports and other findings suggests that Schumacher’s theory was fairly accurate. If mankind attempts to conquer nature, he will most likely lose. The predominant pattern shows that in the short term, exploiting the planet’s ecosystem services has proved extremely beneficial for humans, increasing our quality of life in numerous ways. However, the long term predictions indicate that further exploitation at similar rates will have severe repercussions. We need to stop battling with nature and start cooperating. If the ecosystem services are utilised in a sustainable manner, we will retain the use of them for many years to come.
According to Mill, the principle of Utility is that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness”. Mill’s definition of principle of Utility consists of measuring happiness that is pleasure and absence of pain; and unhappiness that are pain and privation of pleasure When a person does a right decision, he gains happiness or pleasure from doing the right thing. When that person does a wrong one, he gains pain or privation of pleasure, which is the reverse of happiness. The principle of Utility does not measure only the individual’s happiness. It measures both quantity and quality of the resulting overall happiness of all people, including that of the person.