Darrin Bell's Sixth Great Extinction

Have you ever sat down at the dinner table, and stared at the plate of seafood in front of you, and wondered about overfishing? Have you stared at the pencil or paper that you use in class, and thought about deforestation? Have you ever wondered if you could be a part of the next extinction because of that seafood or pencil? Darrin Bell, an editorial political and social cartoonist, thinks a lot about human effects on earth, and the possible repercussions. One of Darrin Bell's many comic strips that address the causes of human actions on planet earth is titled the Sixth Great Extinction. Bell relies upon the elements of a caption, symbolism, and allusion to convey his concern of the treatment of earth in the comic, Sixth Great Extinction.
In the comic, there is a forest with a monkey sitting on a tree. Behind the monkey, which has its attention directed at something not seen in the comic, is an asteroid which is crashing into the ocean. The …show more content…
Once again in the cartoon, there is an asteroid crashing into the ocean. If the asteroid lands into the ocean it may kill a significant amount of living organism. Moreover, earth’s oceans make up more than seventy percent of the earth's surface. It is understood that the living organisms which live in the oceans are important. Overfishing at the top of the food chain within the sea life could cause an unbalanced scale within the ocean. Combined that with marine pollution which depletes oxygen for marine creatures, it can make survival difficult for sea life. Hazards within the oceans aren’t the only concern that worries the artist. With much of all land creatures as well as plants living in forests, deforestation can destroy the land creatures and plants home. Moreover, deforestation affects land creatures and plants survival as a result. We can see how deforestation, pollution, and overfishing are endangering both, sea life as well as organisms that live on