Screw the Whales, Save the Shrimp
“Screw the Whales, Save the Shrimp” by Joy Williams
The essay "Save the Whales, Screw the Shrimp" written by Joy Williams is about the problem that we are not taking care of the environment or seeing the truth of it all as well as we should be. Because we are too blind and lazy to solve the problems with everything around us, such as the animals and the plants that keep us alive everything is just getting worse. We’ve made it our nature to take things that are available and use them until it’s gone. We are using all of our resources thinking that we’ll always have access to it and it has caused a problem for the environment. Environmentalists are trying to find ways to get more people involved in making the United States more environmentally friendly. Should they be doing this, is it even worth it to try? It should be but who knows if people will really listen.
We need to start being more honest about the advertisement about nature and the condition it is in. In the beginning she mentions that people get the sense of guilt when they look at a picture of nature, they feel pity not of amazement. If people see that the environment is clean and not polluted in the picture then they will think it is not that bad and they won’t worry about it. On the other hand if they see the truths about the polluted environment then maybe people will become more considerate and start to worry about the safety for all living creatures and do something about it. There are already many advertisements about going green out there today. That might not be enough to change people’s minds.
I agree with Williams. She shines a new meaning and perspective of things. We are using too many of things that are in so little quantity. “I don’t want to talk about me, of course, but it seems as though far too much attention has been lavished on you lately—that your greed and vanities and quest for self-fulfillment have been catered to far too much” (203 Williams). The United States is the most
The essay "Save the Whales, Screw the Shrimp" written by Joy Williams is about the problem that we are not taking care of the environment or seeing the truth of it all as well as we should be. Because we are too blind and lazy to solve the problems with everything around us, such as the animals and the plants that keep us alive everything is just getting worse. We’ve made it our nature to take things that are available and use them until it’s gone. We are using all of our resources thinking that we’ll always have access to it and it has caused a problem for the environment. Environmentalists are trying to find ways to get more people involved in making the United States more environmentally friendly. Should they be doing this, is it even worth it to try? It should be but who knows if people will really listen.
We need to start being more honest about the advertisement about nature and the condition it is in. In the beginning she mentions that people get the sense of guilt when they look at a picture of nature, they feel pity not of amazement. If people see that the environment is clean and not polluted in the picture then they will think it is not that bad and they won’t worry about it. On the other hand if they see the truths about the polluted environment then maybe people will become more considerate and start to worry about the safety for all living creatures and do something about it. There are already many advertisements about going green out there today. That might not be enough to change people’s minds.
I agree with Williams. She shines a new meaning and perspective of things. We are using too many of things that are in so little quantity. “I don’t want to talk about me, of course, but it seems as though far too much attention has been lavished on you lately—that your greed and vanities and quest for self-fulfillment have been catered to far too much” (203 Williams). The United States is the most