Film Analysis: Earth Without People

Tylyn Washington

English 1101

Dr. Shannon Finck

11/16/15

After Earth without People The Anthropocene is an anticipated period that starts once human activities began to have a major global effect on Earth's systems. This period is what we are in, earth is it the Anthropocene. Many people believe that if humans continue with the same rash thought pattern and the negligent of earth, we will disappear from earth’s surface or be forced by nature to leave. In Earth without People by Alan Weisman and the 2013 film After Earth originated by Will Smith, both illustration how earth responses to human withdrawals. Both Earth without People and After Earth express similar thoughts about the Anthropocene and it’s for coming. While Weisman gives a rather

We see our self as not a part of nature but above it. In this mind set we cannot image the world without us, such as Weisman and Smith. Weisman and Smith are similar because they both are able to look pass human pride and think on effect of human’s disregard for earth. Although Earth without People and After Earth follow the same guidelines they also share the same bases such as, effect on earths changes, earth turning back into wilderness, and animal evolvement after humans are gone. Despite the fact both Earth without People and After Earth have their differences in expression of earth after humans are gone, they share even more

In the small scale example the 2.5 miles of land he describes becomes a utopia of nature. This part of the earth has turned into pockets of marsh and has become home to a new type of bird; the white red-crowed cranes. This piece of land, other than patrol and people trying to flee Korea, hasn’t been occupied since 1953 thus revealing that earth would not be the same without people. In just a few year this land has reverted back to a beautiful “peace park and nature preserve.” Weisman creates a courageous examination of earth without us. Much like Smith, Weisman sways the reader to think about how much we have changed the natural world. With subway tunneling, big buildings, even the way we live has had an effect on different species of insects and birds. Weisman tells us about this so we can picture how much damage we have done to the world and what we would leave behind as a