Shorthorn Newspaper Article Analysis

In English 1301, we discussed what people want to see in a college newspaper. People are looking for articles regarding education, tuition payments, and one of the most important subjects, sports. Many people in my class I am sure are going to write about how this article should not be in the shorthorn. But I actually believe that this article should be included in the Shorthorn newspaper. This article provides great advice to the students of the university. This advice includes how to take care of the earth, which would in turn protect our future. Also, it advises us on how to live to our life to the fullest.

Author Roy Scranton has experienced many different climates throughout the world. One constant he has noticed consistently is the dangerous weather in many places. This extreme weather is often brought upon by forces that are often the result of human interference. Too many people are unaware of the damage they do to the environment, but this is because not enough efforts are taken to ensure the knowledge of the delicate environment. This article would serve as a means of educating the students at this university of how to protect the earth and would help the new …show more content…
As the author has experienced many frightening things during the war, he realized that, in order to live, one must learn to die. Roy Scranton explains that society needs to die as a civilization before it learns how to fix itself and heal the wounds. This means that society must learn what it is truly like to become horrendous before it can identify the problems it needs to fix. If this were included in the Shorthorn, this would help the students by allowing them to realize how they can first change themselves into what is needed to make a larger-scale change to society. They could then apply that knowledge to their families, their friends, their university, and any environment they are placed in the