Waste Not, Want Not By Mckibben Analysis
The End Started with Our Beginning
I have never considered myself human. I do not hold myself above humanity, nor do I see myself below humanity either. I see myself set to the side as this passive observer of humankind. I have watched all my life, as err to err the humans jumped, in regards to the environment. In McKibben’s essay “Waste Not, Want Not” I feel he really gives a sense of urgency to an issue that is already too late to resolve. I think McKibben causes readers to think that they can still save the environment from our wastefulness by using reverse psychology, by using an accusatory tone, and by presenting facts about our wastefulness.
First is the use of reverse psychology. In McKibben’s essay he states “We may have waited
I have never considered myself human. I do not hold myself above humanity, nor do I see myself below humanity either. I see myself set to the side as this passive observer of humankind. I have watched all my life, as err to err the humans jumped, in regards to the environment. In McKibben’s essay “Waste Not, Want Not” I feel he really gives a sense of urgency to an issue that is already too late to resolve. I think McKibben causes readers to think that they can still save the environment from our wastefulness by using reverse psychology, by using an accusatory tone, and by presenting facts about our wastefulness.
First is the use of reverse psychology. In McKibben’s essay he states “We may have waited