In the essay “Save the Whales, Screw
the Shrimp”, Joy Williams explains how humans are destroying the nature.
Williams states how unlike before, people do not consider nature as a
mesmerizing or intriguing factor; instead, people consider it boring and
lifeless, because they “don’t believe in nature anymore.” She continues to
voice her thoughts on how we’re harming the environment, using example such as
the shrimp fishing industry and tourism industry. She blames the crisis not on
politics of economics, but rather on culture and character. To conclude, she
strongly suggests for the people to reconsider their actions and try to take
new steps into a healthier, non harming way of life: to take care of the
environment.
Williams’ essay is a very strong
essay overall. Her essay is a bit satirical, especially because she utilizes
the second person along with a very strong tone to voice her thoughts on this particular
matter. She provides solid evidences with a lot of details to support her
assertions on how the environment is being damaged. At first, it was tricky to
tell if she was being very serious or not due to her satirical tone, but when
reread, the essay shows Williams’ very strong thoughts and voice. Overall,
Williams wrote a very superb essay in which it reaches out to the readers, sort
of like a wake-up call.
https://disassemblingwalle.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/savethewhales1.pdf
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