Priceless Value Of Darkness In Paul Bogard's Let There Be Dark

In Paul Bogard's essay, "Let There Be Dark", he persuades the reader to understand the priceless value of darkness. Using several important and moving examples, as well as hope that people can fix the problem being presented, his readers are quickly in agreement that people need to be preserving the darkness that is crucial for a good quality of life. Throughout the essay, Bogard mentions multiple reasons as to why darkness should be saved. He first states the health benefits of darkness, which cause the reader to want to preserve darkness because it will, in return, preserve their health. "Our bodies need darkness to produce the hormone melatonin, which keeps certain cancers from developing, and our bodies need darkness for sleep." In this quote, Bogard states that by being in darkness, the human body produces a hormone called melatonin. He then explains the benefits of the hormone in the body, which is that it keeps some cancers from developing and helps people …show more content…
Using facts the cannot be ignored and methods of solutions that all people are able to contribute to, Bogard is able completely influence his audience to not only see, but understand his perspective. He makes his audience fully realize the importance of what their world is quickly losing, which makes them even more ready to help stop light pollution and create darker nights. Bogard writes, "But we will never truly address the problem of light pollution until we become aware of the irreplaceable value and beauty of the darkness we are losing." He chose this sentence to finalize his essay. He made that choice because it evokes an emotion from his readers. He wanted to make sure that his essay stuck with his readers and inspired them to help the cause, not just agree with him that it is important, and that is exactly what he