What I Ve Done Analysis

What role do we play in protecting or destroying our environment? How do we treat others who are not like us? How often do we think about those who are starving every day? Is it only on Thanksgiving, when we are extremely full, or do we think about world hunger and how we can make an impact on solving this problem? With images of social injustice and environmental degradation, the video for “What I’ve done” brings all of these questions to mind. The song by Linkin Park, “What I’ve done,” makes a major statement concerning how humans have treated the earth and one another and as a result, both knowingly and inadvertently caused social and environmental problems.
Linkin Park’s video for “What I’ve Done” displays vivid images of a world that is burdened with social and environmental problems. Human inspired environmental changes and social issues such as ruining the earth’s regions through climate change, destruction of the earth with wars, dependence on gasoline, deforestation, pollution, …show more content…
The interconnectedness of daily human life and the state of the Earth often goes unexamined, but at this point in human history we cannot afford to separate these conversations” (Hansel, Pachamama.org). Hansel’s position is that issues impacting the environment impact humans as well. In fact, Hansel points out that “When some people have access to resources that help them relieve those impacts while others don’t, that becomes a social justice issue” (Pachamama.org). With the display of crops and rising gasoline prices, Linkin Park homes in on specific resources that could definitely support Hansel’s statement and displays the interconnectedness of social and environmental