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    How to Poison the Earth and Chronicles of Ice Saukko focuses in this essay explaining a process of “How to Poison the Earth.” and “Chronicles of Ice.” by Ehrlish. Both authors make excellent point about how to save and conserve the planet of Earth. Both go about making these point in two completely different ways although

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     and Comp.  3 November 2014  How to Poison the Earth Questions  Questions on Meaning:  1.)  The main purpose of this essay is to inform the readers about the threats we are causing  to  the future of our planet because he explains how humans are poisoning the earth. Humans are  poisoning the earth from their use of pesticides‚ ruining water supplies‚ forming radioactive  materials‚ and drilling into the Earth’s surface. This idea can clearly be seen throughout the essay  as Saukko writes‚ “the United 

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    Chronicles of Ice” by Gretel Ehrlich “Why did we trade in our ceremonial lives for the workplace? Is this a natural progression or a hiccup in human civilization that we’ll soon renounce” (Ehrlich 91)? Gretel Ehrlich asks these deep questions in her short informative essay “Chronicles of Ice” (2004). Ehrlich tells of her travels to The World Heritage glacier Perito Moreno‚ Argentina. In this short narrative‚ the author uses pathos and strong human related metaphors‚ to relay the direct correlation

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    more interest as time goes by. Today more and more people are environmental friendly and take in account the human activity that damages the environment and what are its long term effects. Both‚ Linnea Saukko in her essay “How to Poison the Earth‚” and Gretel Ehrlich in her essay “Chronicles of Ice” write about the environment and their concern towards it being preserved. Though in both essays the preservation of the environment is the main focus‚ and the authors use the same approach‚ they differ

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    "How to Poison the Earth": An Analysis The two main purposes Linnea Saukko has in "How to Poison the Earth" are persuasive and referential aims. She uses examples classification and descriptions to help the reader better understand the future of the planet if humans keep on the same path of destruction. The main modes she uses in the first paragraph are cause and effect‚ and later classification of pollution into ground water and air methods is used Saukko starts the essay off by saying‚ "Poisoning

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    How to poison the earthSaukko essay In How to Poison the Earth‚ the author Saukko uses sarcasm‚ satire‚ and ironic text in order to capture the readers attention and make them understand her purpose in the essay‚ which is to show people the future of out planet. From the very start‚ her thesis is very straight forward and grabs your attention right away. “Poisoning the earth can be difficult because the earth is always trying to cleanse and renew itself.” A sense of sarcasm is noticed in the

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    Assignment: Chronicles of Ice Summary: In Chronicles of Ice‚ Gretel Ehrlich sets out to “learn whatever lessons a glacier has to teach”‚ and to share what she has learned with us‚ as readers. The lesson the author relays to us is that the fate of the glacier is inextricably linked to that of the biological health of the Earth itself. Ehrlich uses the glacier as a device to show both cause and effect of the declining health of the Earth’s climate. The gases and particulate trapped in the ice provide the

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    Linnea Saukko wrote the piece “How to Poison the Earth”. The piece is a satire. A satire is the use of humorous‚ ironic‚ and exaggerative speech or writing to bring light to politics and other topical issues. Plenty of the nightly shows have adapted to this format. This format allows a speaker/writer to create a persona that mirrors them. This mirror persona is so amplified that the audience comes to the realization “on their own” that they hate this persona. The readers will take this and

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    also their departure. I learned to keep calm and find these sounds friendly for a deep sleep. When I woke up I will see a clear blue light sky and a bright yellow sun‚ almost as if the night before had never occurred. I couldn’t stop asking myself how did that powerful storm was created. Later I understood that when lightning suddenly flashed across the sky and it was followed by the rumbles of thunders‚ it wasn’t just a normal storm‚ it was dominated as a thunderstorm. Thunderstorms are formed

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    Simon-Ehrlich wager In economics‚ we deal with two time periods‚ short run as well as long run. Changes occur in short run but the ultimate theory is designed on the basis of long run. Apparent short run movements in variables show absolutely different results in long run. Same results can be observed through the bet between Julian L. Simon and Paul Ehrlich upon the five commodity metals‚ inflation-adjusted and fifteen environmental trends in different wagers. Both economists fought on the point

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