Nickolas Kristof's 'Environmental Balance, Pick Up A Rifle'
Mo Roga
Ms. Duffy
English 112
11/28/13
“For Environmental Balance, Pick Up a Rifle”
Nickolas Kristof starts out his article by briefly quizzing the reader on general knowledge that he soon tries to challenge. Followed by his main argument led by an interesting title he chose when he decided to incorporate “picking up a rifle” with “environmental balance”. In doing this, the author makes it clear from the get-go that he stands firm with the belief that hunting is a logical solution to the issue of environmental balance. His solution to this problem is simply, Achieving environmental balance by the means of hunting; which could also be seen as the main thesis to this essay. Immediately, the author identifies the issue that he is set …show more content…
To do our part in keeping balance to the populations we’ve offset. As Kristof put it “it’s an abdication of environmental responsibility to eliminate other predators and then refuse to assume the job ourselves. In that case, the collisions with humans will simply get worse.” I also found myself in compliance with Kristof’s assumption that people these days would look at hunting more as a barbaric action rather than a necessary one for ecological balance. Looking at both sides of the opinion of hunting in today’s society the authors makes it clear that he doesn’t expect the idea to make sense to people who may hold an ignorant stance when challenged with his proposal. Kristof was sure to include this when talking about where people may stand on this topic in an everyday life setting “Granted, hunting isn’t advisable in suburban backyards, and I don’t expect many soccer moms to install gun racks in their minivans.” I believe his humorous tone while explaining his opinion of the need to kill animals in to achieve positive environmental results is appropriate in the way he expresses the logical irony of his claim. A Claim made strong by ending it with a real example of how this problem can literally come crashing into our homes of not dealt with in the right way, the way the Author deemed as a logical
Ms. Duffy
English 112
11/28/13
“For Environmental Balance, Pick Up a Rifle”
Nickolas Kristof starts out his article by briefly quizzing the reader on general knowledge that he soon tries to challenge. Followed by his main argument led by an interesting title he chose when he decided to incorporate “picking up a rifle” with “environmental balance”. In doing this, the author makes it clear from the get-go that he stands firm with the belief that hunting is a logical solution to the issue of environmental balance. His solution to this problem is simply, Achieving environmental balance by the means of hunting; which could also be seen as the main thesis to this essay. Immediately, the author identifies the issue that he is set …show more content…
To do our part in keeping balance to the populations we’ve offset. As Kristof put it “it’s an abdication of environmental responsibility to eliminate other predators and then refuse to assume the job ourselves. In that case, the collisions with humans will simply get worse.” I also found myself in compliance with Kristof’s assumption that people these days would look at hunting more as a barbaric action rather than a necessary one for ecological balance. Looking at both sides of the opinion of hunting in today’s society the authors makes it clear that he doesn’t expect the idea to make sense to people who may hold an ignorant stance when challenged with his proposal. Kristof was sure to include this when talking about where people may stand on this topic in an everyday life setting “Granted, hunting isn’t advisable in suburban backyards, and I don’t expect many soccer moms to install gun racks in their minivans.” I believe his humorous tone while explaining his opinion of the need to kill animals in to achieve positive environmental results is appropriate in the way he expresses the logical irony of his claim. A Claim made strong by ending it with a real example of how this problem can literally come crashing into our homes of not dealt with in the right way, the way the Author deemed as a logical