Jack Kerouac wrote On The Road to display his love and devotion for the beauties of the open road. Ernest Hemingway wrote Death in the Afternoon to show his respect towards the ceremonies and traditions of spanish bullfighting. Now you may be wondering what any of this has to do with Charles Fishman’s book The Big Thirst. The reason I bring up these authors is because like many others they decided to write about something they loved and wanted to devote their time to show this appreciation by using literature. Fishman like many of his peers is attempting to write about something he admires, and that is the beauty of water. He is venturing to make water visible for the common man once again. Because of this The Big Thirst acts as a love story
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Muhammad Ali once said “Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams- they all contain water- just as religion do- they all contain truth”. Like most books that deal with the topics of admiration, love and appreciation, The Big Thirst allows the reader to look at our relationship with water using different types of perspectives. The one perspective I found the most fascinating and completely changed my outlook on water was Charles Fishmans decision to view water through a “religious lense”. By doing this he was able to grab mine and many others attention and guide us to knowledge. One of the most spectacular things that Fishman states is “The Bible does not mention God creating water. Water was already present”(22). This is something that many others including me would have never actually caught. This means that God himself didn 't event contribute to the nectar that us humans rely …show more content…
I now know that water is an essential part of life and without water all life would be gone. This is what Charles Fishman is trying to jam into my head and many others heads. I have learned that water is precious and valuable, we should not waste it the way we do. I have finally opened my eyes and am starting to have a growing admiration for water and Charles Fishman. I have noticed that i 'm starting to take shorter showers, washing my car at night and less frequently and trying to spread the knowledge from this book like it is manifesto on the impact of water and its beauties I am also very grateful toward fishman for taking the time in writing a book with much more knowledge than any movie,documentary, newspaper article or tv show could ever have. I think Fishman says it best when he says ‘Our very strength with water has allowed us to become water illiterate” (9). Us as humans and Americans are extremely spoiled and Fishman is trying to pop our bubble of pomposity and show us the errors of are ways. I agree with everything that Fishman is saying and which he had done it sooner. As a citizen of Bakersfield, Ca I understand the struggles of drought and water. If more people would read this book in Bakersfield we could totally improve our environment and not be known as “the armpit of California”.
Muhammad Ali once said “Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams- they all contain water- just as religion do- they all contain truth”. Like most books that deal with the topics of admiration, love and appreciation, The Big Thirst allows the reader to look at our relationship with water using different types of perspectives. The one perspective I found the most fascinating and completely changed my outlook on water was Charles Fishmans decision to view water through a “religious lense”. By doing this he was able to grab mine and many others attention and guide us to knowledge. One of the most spectacular things that Fishman states is “The Bible does not mention God creating water. Water was already present”(22). This is something that many others including me would have never actually caught. This means that God himself didn 't event contribute to the nectar that us humans rely …show more content…
I now know that water is an essential part of life and without water all life would be gone. This is what Charles Fishman is trying to jam into my head and many others heads. I have learned that water is precious and valuable, we should not waste it the way we do. I have finally opened my eyes and am starting to have a growing admiration for water and Charles Fishman. I have noticed that i 'm starting to take shorter showers, washing my car at night and less frequently and trying to spread the knowledge from this book like it is manifesto on the impact of water and its beauties I am also very grateful toward fishman for taking the time in writing a book with much more knowledge than any movie,documentary, newspaper article or tv show could ever have. I think Fishman says it best when he says ‘Our very strength with water has allowed us to become water illiterate” (9). Us as humans and Americans are extremely spoiled and Fishman is trying to pop our bubble of pomposity and show us the errors of are ways. I agree with everything that Fishman is saying and which he had done it sooner. As a citizen of Bakersfield, Ca I understand the struggles of drought and water. If more people would read this book in Bakersfield we could totally improve our environment and not be known as “the armpit of California”.