Picture a world in which all that exists is concrete civilizations and people. What a terrible, mundane world that would be. There may come a day where this is no longer a situation we have to visualize, and mankind will be responsible. The poem “A Curse” by David Brooks utilizes tone and mood when exploring the issue of man’s domino effect on nature and in regards to discussing the need to eliminate human ignorance towards environmental distress. The poem tells the story of an incident, that in a real-life scenario might have gone unnoticed; the narrator's “incomprehensible bastard” neighbor sprays pesticide which kills his beautiful garden and all of the small creatures that found a home there (Brooks 1). The narrator then goes on to curse
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Brooks uses his poem to not only give the audience a small scale example of what is happening globally, but to bring up how us being oblivious to environmental problems affects this mass destruction of our general ecosystem. Although environmental distress is currently a major issue, many people choose to ignore it or are, by no means of their own fault, completely and incompetently oblivious to it. Brooks uses a resentful tone, to represent the possible emotions of people who are aware of the problem and want to do something about …show more content…
The poem starts with an unnatural substance being introduced to this particular ecosystem. This leads to the death or sickness of the producers, which affects the primary consumers, and eventually the secondary consumers. This is basically a simplified version of what is a real life scenario. Brooks tries his best to eliminate some of the confusion towards the topic that may be residing in his audience, and attempts to cause his readers to develop some curiosity as to what is happening and how to fix it. He also has a message for the readers who deliberately choose to ignore environmental distress, he curses them and they take on the role of his neighbors, “Let them continue to be / self-exiled from the earthly heaven”(Brooks 29-30). He wants those people who are purposely devoid of care as to the problem to never experience the beauty and tranquility of
Brooks uses his poem to not only give the audience a small scale example of what is happening globally, but to bring up how us being oblivious to environmental problems affects this mass destruction of our general ecosystem. Although environmental distress is currently a major issue, many people choose to ignore it or are, by no means of their own fault, completely and incompetently oblivious to it. Brooks uses a resentful tone, to represent the possible emotions of people who are aware of the problem and want to do something about …show more content…
The poem starts with an unnatural substance being introduced to this particular ecosystem. This leads to the death or sickness of the producers, which affects the primary consumers, and eventually the secondary consumers. This is basically a simplified version of what is a real life scenario. Brooks tries his best to eliminate some of the confusion towards the topic that may be residing in his audience, and attempts to cause his readers to develop some curiosity as to what is happening and how to fix it. He also has a message for the readers who deliberately choose to ignore environmental distress, he curses them and they take on the role of his neighbors, “Let them continue to be / self-exiled from the earthly heaven”(Brooks 29-30). He wants those people who are purposely devoid of care as to the problem to never experience the beauty and tranquility of