Rhetorical Analysis Of Let There Be Dark

Paul Bogard an advocate for the preservation of natural darkness from the article from the Los Angeles Times “Let There Be Dark”. Paul uses logos that make the reader actually stop for a second and think about it, how the reader has never thought of wasted light, that nights are getting brighter, and that there is an average increase of light in the sky by about 6%. This makes the audience feel as if Light Pollution is a big deal and that many people are clueless or careless about the entire situation. The purpose of Bogard’s article is to enlighten us about light pollution, and how sacred natural darkens is because the world depends on it, the nocturnal animals, and also states that if it wasn’t for natural darkness, Van Gogh would have never given the world his famous painting of the “Starry Night”. Paul Bogard’s tone is very questioning and blunt, he asks many questions for the readers to think about, but also says what he means with no hesitation.

Bogard uses long sentences with a lot commas, it’s as if he will never stop talking and you are sitting in a lecture. His sentences are very informal and give insight on all claims that he’s making. For example, he talks about nocturnal animals and gives examples of the animals, he uses specific evidence when talking about Paris being the city of light, but they shut their monument off after 1 a.m. , and they will also require shops’ lights to be turned off after 2 a.m. He also mentions that in the photographs from there is a dramatic difference in the light seen from the sky in the 1950s from no light, to now where there is a blanket of