merican author and activist, Terry Tempest Williams, in her personal essay, “The Clan of the One-Breasted Women”, criticizes the United States government for its deceitful doings and the adverse causes and effects nuclear testing has on the human population. Williams’ purpose is to reflect on why so many of her family members and people living in Utah were diagnosed with cancer, and the beliefs she held before her revolution. She adopts a haunting tone in order to convey to her readers the idea that the government is cynical and they do not have the public in mind when they make important national decisions.
Williams opens her essay by reflecting what her family has gone through in result of an atomic testing in Nevada on September 7, 1957, …show more content…
She optimizes her ideas by emphasizing the dreamy vision she has held since a very young age by explaining that “…as long as I could remember, I saw this flash of light in the night in the desert. That this image had so permeated my being, I could not venture south without seeing it again, on the horizon, illuminating buttes and mesas” (816). Williams vision sparked a need to find justice for her family and all that they have lost due to the radiation in result of nuclear testing. On March 18, 1988, Williams crossed the line at the Nevada Test Site where they were still conducting nuclear tests in the desert and was arrested with nine people for trespassing on military lands. Williams effectively uses her dreamy vision to inspire both herself and the reader to stand up for what they believe in and fight for the wrongdoings of others. The dreamy vision that was a permanent place in her mind was the key for Williams to finally understand that she “must question everything…” and that nothing is what it seems, especially in our world
Williams opens her essay by reflecting what her family has gone through in result of an atomic testing in Nevada on September 7, 1957, …show more content…
She optimizes her ideas by emphasizing the dreamy vision she has held since a very young age by explaining that “…as long as I could remember, I saw this flash of light in the night in the desert. That this image had so permeated my being, I could not venture south without seeing it again, on the horizon, illuminating buttes and mesas” (816). Williams vision sparked a need to find justice for her family and all that they have lost due to the radiation in result of nuclear testing. On March 18, 1988, Williams crossed the line at the Nevada Test Site where they were still conducting nuclear tests in the desert and was arrested with nine people for trespassing on military lands. Williams effectively uses her dreamy vision to inspire both herself and the reader to stand up for what they believe in and fight for the wrongdoings of others. The dreamy vision that was a permanent place in her mind was the key for Williams to finally understand that she “must question everything…” and that nothing is what it seems, especially in our world