Persuasive Speech For The Next Hundred Years

Introduction
The text, The Next Hundred Years, is an effective persuasive text due to its use of exigency placement and original use of metaphor. There are three exigencies addressed in the text, of them, the main is directed towards poverty. The other two exigencies, global warming and modern weaponry, give further insight into why the world is so impoverished. The metaphor used by the Laureates, is one that illustrates the real and terrifying power that both global warming and modern weaponry have on the world as a whole. The statement by the Laureates outlines the main issues of the world today, providing realistic solutions. The combination of both the multiple exigencies and the use of metaphor, clearly identify how urgent the exigencies
2-3). The first supporting exigence, is the exigence revolving around global warming and how it has caused the “poor and disenfranchised” (Nobel Laureates, Ln. 3) to live through horrific natural disasters that alter their “fragile ecology” (Nobel Laureates, Ln. 5). Global warming is a byproduct of the “wealthy few” (Nobel Laureates, Ln. 4-5), first world countries, and “not of [the impoverisher’s] making” (Nobel Laureates, Ln. 4). Placing the blame of the wealthy few gives blame to everyone that has the power to stop poverty, including the Laureates. As the poor “cannot be expected… to wait [for] the [help] of the rich” (Nobel Laureates, Ln. 7-8) and may take the task of ending poverty into their own hands. For the people to end poverty in their own country, war and violence tend to be common options, which brings the second supporting exigence to light, the use of “modern weaponry” (Nobel Laureates, Ln.
The effects of global warming place the impoverished people into a state, in which they cannot recover on their own and require the aid of more industrialized nations, first world nations. If these first world nations do not provide help within a certain time frame, the effected people may resort to other methods, such as violence, to solve their problems. Once a nation turns to violence, civil war can become possible, creating a larger issue that needs the attention of first world nations. If the first world nations choose to use modern weaponry, such as nuclear bombs, the impoverished nations may suffer even more, along with the environment. As the environment suffers, the environment in which the impoverished people live suffers, making it mush harder for these people to provide for themselves, thus increasing