Joy Williams in her article "Save the Whales, Screw the Shrimp" she brings up a very discussed topic in the modern days: taking care of the environment. The article begins with a strong criticism on human beings, pointing out the selfishness and ignorance regarding saving the planet. Another topic that she approaches is the environmentalists, and their fame and recognition. Than she mentions the view and intentions of the human mind, how we look for places to construct and not to preserve. Williams compares how rain used to be enjoyed, children would play in the rain and now it is not even possible due to the acid rain. Florida is also criticized because it was built on top of a massive swamp. The article is concluded with the statement that the world had humanist tendencies in the last years, which means that it bends toward the comfort and will of humans, which are ignorant towards any care to the environment.
Williams starts off attacking the audience, it gathers the reader attention but at the same time offends the reader. Straight off she criticizes the human selfish tendencies and states her point: The nature should be preserved. She goes on and lists, several good examples of how, us humans, are selfish and ignore the environment. The examples are true, and appropriate to the article but they are listed together. In a casual tone, using personal pronouns Williams engages the reader to her interesting topic, but fails to convince the reader. It seems that show is trying to force the reader to convince, if she had done cause-effect-cause-effect-solution than it might have worked better to achieve its purpose, that is, convince the reader to take steps to help the environment.
http://disassemblingwalle.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/savethewhales1.pdf
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