Reaction Paper

Dwight Tucker

English IV

Ms. Morrell    

October 5, 2012

Reaction Paper

Threw out the story the author was very fund of using imagery. He even went threw telling a story about earth and if everyone died on the planet; how would it turn out by using lots of examples of imagery. With using all five senses as he did in this quote “Would Superfund sites revert to the Garden of Eden? Would the seas again fill with fish? Would our concrete cities crumble to dust from the force of tree roots, water, and weeds?”

The author also use Taste and Smell, he mentions that if humans were not alive then animals wouldn’t survive very much longer. He also states that, “If people were no longer present anywhere on Earth, a world-wide shakeout would follow.” What Weisman means by this, is without humans then there would be nobody to take care of the animals and wildlife, causing many more animals to return back into the wild and not be able to survive. This shows imagery by allowing you to smell the stanch of rotten corps of animals and get the taste of it by you having the taste of it by the smell.

The diseases would lead to citizens going crazy and lots of chaos. Also in this world there are animals out that need guidance in order to live. Animals would also begin to tare the city, towns whatever it may be down. Weisman says, “Coyotes would invade Central Park, and deer, bears, and finally wolves would follow.” The sense of Sight falls into this quote because once again the author wants you to use your imagination to visualize what’s happening. It’s also showing the reader how life would be without humans on earth.

            The affect that imagery have on the reader after reading a story like this makes them think; what if earth really was put in this predicament? How would animals really react due to the lost of humans? Would there really be chaos or would the animals live in peace? These are the questions this story makes us ask ourselves.