In cartoonist and activist, Nina Paley’s short film “The Stork”, she describes the devastating effects the human race is having on the Earth and the unsustainability of our current lifestyles. She succeeds in convincing her viewers that overpopulation is leading to mass extinctions, irreversible damage & pollution to our environment, and leaving fewer resources for humans to survive on. Causality, metaphors, and irony are some of the techniques that Paley uses to create a strong and effective film.…
Disney-Pixar’s Wall-E is a complex story for an animated, children’s film. Released in 2008, just a few months after the first generation IPhone hit the market, it paints a startling picture of our possible future. Although considered a science-fiction comedy, it serves more as warning of what may become of our technology-driven, consumer-based society.…
Throughout the story of The Once and Future King, a variety of themes and ideas have displayed, some including leadership and diverse political theories. For those who have never read The Once and Future King, the story follows the storyline of Wart who is being trained by a “wizard” named Merlyn, to be king. Merlyn is teaching Wart the best way he can, by giving Wart hands on experience, turning him into different animals and creatures, putting Wart into situations where he must think to solve or learn from.…
The flora and fauna of the world is delightful to humankind, much like a popsicle might be a delight to an individual. When one considers the rainforests and the deforestation that takes place there in order to support a growing human population, this relates to the consumption of the popsicle. People may neglect to think about the consequences of deforestation or the use of fossil fuels, even though they may be a participant in these processes through their consumption of paper products or devices that need energy. The person consuming the popsicle might also be in denial about the impermanence of the popsicle, or the consequences of consuming it. Russ Crest, an author at Beautiful Decay magazine, says of Myers and Berg’s work; “ Sometimes something must be broken or fractured in order for us to see its value. This may be especially true for our environment. Only when we see the consequences of our actions do we begin to understand our complicity in fracturing it” (Crest). People do not notice the destruction of the environment until awareness is brought to it, either in their real life or in news media. Until then, people take nature for…
During the Ishmael novel, the author Daniel Quinn demonstrates how humans ought to live. According to Daniel Quinn this world is habited by two types of human. Depends on what he said, this worls is habited by Takers and Leavers, each one had their own way to live and they had different cultures. During this novel Daniel Quinn show us, if humanity still living in the same conditions they were, probably is that humans are going to destroy the whole world, causing death to all living things.…
The movie Wall-E and the novel Feed by M.J. Anderson differ in several areas; however, they have many connections in the author’s use of consumerism. Technology is so crucial to the society in Feed and Wall-E, that when it ceases to function, people are helpless and cannot survive without it. For an example in Feed, when the main characters’ Feeds are hacked, they can barely survive a few days without technology. While sitting in the hospital they are miserable, “They couldn’t help me at all, so I was just lying there, and couldn’t play any of the games on the feed, and couldn’t chat anyone, and I couldn’t do a thing except look at that stupid boat painting.” (Anderson 49). In Wall-E, people are equally disabled…
Margaret Lundberg's essay "Eating Green" delivers the message that the way people eat is how they affect the planet. Lundberg has a very strong argument that the meat industry is the "Largest source of global warming" (Lundberg, 482) and if everyone were to become vegetarians the world be a healthier place. For everyone to become a vegetarian would be a lot to ask; however, Americans love for meat has affected the environment and the personal health of Americans.…
There is no question that the digital world has transformed the way humans think, act, and most importantly form relationships with the people,animals,and natural settings around them. However David Abram in Chapter 4 “ Animism and the Alphabet” from his novel The Spell of the Sensuous , brings our attention to the idea that literacy and the process of becoming a species that depends on the written word to communicate has pushed us into the environmental crisis which we encounter today. Abram begins his discussion with a reflection of cultures who used orality as a means of communication and expression hundreds of years ago and even today, their outlook on the earth, and their way of thinking. He then slowly transitions to the evolution of…
While Wall-E is a wonderful children's movie and contains great lessons for kids, it also has a myriad of lessons for adults. One of these is the prevailing theme of love and its inconvenience. One thing that strikes the viewer throughout this movie is that the robots seem more human-like than the humans, and the love story between Wall-E and EVE is a perfect example of this paradox.…
Demonstrated in his documentary, Ben Goldsmith shows the suffering of animals. " 'Because of this industry, turkeys are no longer capable of reproducing without human interference,' Goldsmith explained. 'Chickens are bred to grow so quickly they are not able to stand or stand freely after just several months of their lives, and they certainly can't live out the normal life span that they once could. Cows and cattle are confined to feedlots by the thousands and cramped in filthy conditions. Hogs in most states are routinely confined to crates so small that they can't turn around' " (Gross…
In the first chapter, the author talks about how most people’s attention is on eye-catching images, instead of what is going on in the world. People care more about murders, airplane crashes, etc. instead of the exploding populations or the growth in the amount of nuclear weapons that exist. Because of this, our environment starts to deteriorate. The environment will continue to deteriorate, and such events will be out of control until the human race realizes just how selectively the environment persuades the human mind, and how the biological and cultural history determines our comprehension. The book is about fundamental connections to our past and how the human race can “retrain” for a new world of the future. The book’s intent is to help people from all walks of life, educators, decision makers, physicians, businessmen, etc., change the way they make decisions. People might begin to change and secure the human future if they understood the fundamental roots of the many problems we face. At no point in history, has the human race had the power to destroy its civilization and ruin a lot of the planet’s life-support systems in a matter of hours. Over the past three decades scientific evidence developed many forms of the nature of both the human mind and predicament, and has now pointed to the way to the changes needed. The evidence of this has been from many different forms of studies, including neuroscience, evolutionary biology, climatology, geochemistry, and cognitive science.…
Unfazed by an apocalyptic global mass extinction event, the solution entailed contracting Buy ‘n Large Corporation assemble an armada of lavish corporate starships brimming with technology designed to quickly satisfy and entertain the whims and desires of their guests. The temporary solution, pitched as “custom vacations,” kept humanity preoccupied while the corporation attempted to rapidly restore the planet. Plagued by a short-term solution mindset, Buy ‘n Large’s fleet of Waste Allocation Load Lifter – Earth Class (WALL-E) robots were unable to complete the task, and subsequently fell into disrepair. Unable to face the true reality, centuries passed as the temporary became the permanent.…
In the pixilated movie of Wall-E, dystopian elements are present when humans have been detrimental to their home planet. Rather than taking the time and effort to recover Earth to its former glory, the irrational people prioritize on building a ship and abandoning Earth for the time being. They try to find a new utopia in the universe, similar to the living conditions of Earth. However, they live in a paradox as their new lives in a place they hoped to improve render them lethargic and ignorant. Ironically, the robots built by the humans seem to have more depth and dynamics in their thoughts and characters.…
In humans recent history there has been an increased noticeable mistreatment of the world around them. Humans need to know we are not the only ones living there, there are plants and animals and future offspring for all. Not only does the earth need to be treated well for them but it also needs to be treated well for us, because we rely on them for a healthy life. Many people may say that there is a connection between nature and humans theses thoughts are expressed in Annie Dillard's short story, “Living Like Weasels”. Both authors have their point of view on topics but both agree that human behavior needs to improve for a bigger better future.…
Science fiction films give audiences an understanding of technological advances and take its audiences to the future with its films. Andrew Stanton’s film Wall-e and Spike Jonze’s film Her are examples well-made science fiction films identify and explores the ideas of technology and humanity. In the film Wall-e, the main character Wall-e is a lonely robot living on earth after all the life forces has died or left the planet. Wall-e’s main function and purpose within the film is to collect garbage and minimize waste. Wall-e later meets Eve, a robot who comes to earth to explore if the planet is sustainable for humans. The film explores areas of love, technology, race and gender. In the film Her, the main character Theodore is a sensitive, soon…