Summary Of Betsy's Essay Disturbing The Universe

In Betsy’s H. essay “Disturbing the Universe” we are given the argument to act or not to act. This essay is more of a battle within yourself, the sentence “Everything has its compensations” stands out to me I consider this to be the main idea of the text. Everything that happens throughout my life, your life and everyone’s life are in some way rewarded even if it takes years for this to happen and you possibly might not even see the effect of all that you do in this lifetime. The endangered Loggerhead turtles are in a way her life’s calling but it feels like a hopeless endeavor. Throughout she struggles to find purpose in what she is doing, she doubts herself just like every human does. We all struggle with finding a purpose of why we do what we do. However that is …show more content…
By saving the eggs she is split between the good and bad of it all. On one side saving them from being possibly killed but on the other hand, she is making them vulnerable to relying on themselves. We have to see the dark side and the light side of things for example in the essay the tortoise has a black side and a bright side and so too is our walk through both one of purpose and doubt. Betsy comes to the conclusion of “ I am reminded that in the world today there is no way, anymore not to do something. Even if despite our best efforts there will never again be any Loggerhead turtles.” We have already disturbed the universe what harm could a little more disturbance cause. Even if your lasting impact is left to just a few people or things they would be completely different without you. The path of action she takes is good but we are given the freedom to restore nature or rip it apart even more. She decided to act and help to protect the species putting self-doubt aside and believing in her purpose that she too can make a change no matter how small it is still a