Analysis Of The Breath Of All Green Things By David Suzuki

David Suzuki’s, “The Breath of All Green Things,” an excerpt from The Sacred Balance, is a moving piece about life’s most vital resource; air. He causes readers to think twice about how largely air is taken for granted and how we must change our ways if we want to continue to have this precious “substance” (Suzuki pg. 54). Suzuki creates a compelling piece about air by using a very influential writing strategy. He uses three common literary devices to make his factual article sound poetic; Suzuki uses many moving metaphors, alliterations and personifications within his work and it has various advantages, as well as teachings.
Suzuki creates poetic images and phrases by using linguistic techniques such as metaphors, alliterations, and personifications. Suzuki’s writing is very liberally sprinkled with metaphors that enhance the reader’s awareness and understanding of what he is writing about. Suzuki compares air to a “canvas on which we paint the image of our world” (pg. 52). By reading this, the audience gets an overwhelming sense of the importance of air. Suzuki also refers …show more content…
Suzuki uses three very common yet renowned literary techniques to help himself get his points across clearly and concisely. Readers learn that even the most common writing techniques can be the most effective in enhancing writing. In addition, by reading the excerpt, we can see that between the science and facts, there can be beauty; he breaks up the hard evidence with well-written metaphors, alliterations, and personification. Most importantly, readers gather the importance of sustaining clean, usable air and reducing the output of harmful toxins into the air. Overall, David Suzuki is a person who can teach us many lessons about writing and the environment; if we