Analysis Of An Inconvenient Truth

“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.” - Robert Swan. As Swan said, global warming has always been identified as an issue, but no one has really done anything about it. Global warming is an issue that is often overlooked when observing modern day politics. It may seem like no one on planet earth cares, but a some people actually do, one of them being Al Gore. Gore was the democratic candidate for the election of 2000; most of his platform revolved around the international issue of global warming. He is the writer and the star of the documentary An Inconvenient Truth. The documentary discusses issues such as the loss of wildlife, the science behind melting ice, and the actions that can be taken to prevent global warming. The film is moving and powerful, making a strong statement to everyone who views it. An Inconvenient Truth is a valuable and persuasive documentary due to the graphs and images, the use of personal life stories, and the effects of natural disasters. In An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore convinces viewers that global warming is real through the use of many graphs and images. One of the many graphs used was a graph of the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere. The graph started collecting data via weather balloon in 1957. Each year a point is plotted and then a red line is …show more content…
The valuable documentary An Inconvenient Truth persuades viewers that global warming is an issue through the graphs and images, the use of personal life stories, and the effects of natural disasters. Some people can be told the truth about global warming many times over again and still fail to believe it. But in An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore presents the information in a way that nobody can say is false. As Robert Swan said, many people believe someone else will save the planet. But the only ones who are going to save it are the people who truly stand up and make a change for the