...When the other arguers are asked a question, the same answer is given. Smith shows there is no substantial evidence to what the counter arguers are saying. Beginning with the rebuttal shows the audience that there could be truth to what follows. Smith recorded people who visited the melting areas years before and their reaction the melting and how it was in one lifetime that it changed. Taylor did not have any emotional appeals; he had evidence after graph after statistic, which gets overwhelming to the audience. Gore used more emotional appeals, but his examples were sometimes hypothetical, while Smith’s appeal was heartfelt and truly...
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...KAMILLE KLAIRE CARLOS Reflection: Inconvenient Truth AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH is a documentary, an instrument of public education and talks about the problem of global warming in the earth and inspires people to take action to save the earth. This documentary centers on Al Gore, and his campaign to make global warming a recognized problem worldwide. Gore combines objective scientific evidence, humor and personal insights to create a powerful exploration of what he clearly believes is the most critical issue of this or any other time in human history. The beginning of the documentary introduces Al Gore’s presentation on climate change, which consists of a research based on historical data and scientific studies that certify the existing danger of global warming. As a way of steering its audience’s attention on this subject, Gore exposes several impressive images of the Earth; photographs that were taken during important space missions. In addition to this, the Planet’s beauty and fragility is revealed and the former vice president claims that these photographs have provided people with a different perspective regarding the issue of preserving the nature by developing an environmental oriented behavior. Moreover, throughout the film, one can notice glimpses of political philosophy, as well as reflections from Gore’s childhood and excerpts that represented major periods of challenge and change from his life. I consider these glimpses as being relevant evidences of Gore’s...
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...Point of View Techniques In the video, “An Inconvenient Truth” by Davis Guggenheim, the video explains how global warming is the humans fault. However in the video “The Great Global Warming Swindle” by Martin Durkin, the video describes how humans should not be held responsible for global warming. Although both videos are arguing whose fault it is for global warming, they use techniques to get the video watcher to agree with their viewpoint on the argument. Both videos use, pictures to describe their argument, suspenseful music to affect the video watchers emotions and keep them interested in the video, and respected and popular speakers to gain the attention of the viewers. For example, in “An Inconvenient Truth,” the video depicted many natural disasters, floods, global warming, melting of the ice caps, and much more that support their argument of humans causing global warming. “The Great Global Warming Swindle” also used pictures calling global warming supporters liars and pictures depicting their argument that global warming is at no fault to humans. Both videos used this technique to make their argument completely clear to the video watcher, thus making it easier to get their point of view stuck in the video watchers mind. In addition, in “An Inconvenient Truth” and “The Great Global Warming Swindle” both videos use suspenseful music throughout the film clip. They do this to keep the video watcher interested in the video and to affect with the video watchers emotions....
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...An Inconvenient Truth (2006) – Review “An Inconvenient Truth”, a 2006 documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim, attempts to raise the alarming issue of climate crisis due to Global Warming and it foretells the dreadful consequences that the future generations on the Planet Earth are likely to experience. The film features a strong political figure, Al Gore (former Vice President of United States), to unleash the astonishing facts and predictions related to Global Warming, which is undoubtedly one of the biggest societal concerns today. The main purpose of the film is to educate the citizens of the world about the highly severe environmental challenge of global warming by separating the truth from the fiction and the actual connections from the misunderstandings, and to reenergize the environmental movement. It tries to convince people that it is their moral imperative to hear the environmental warnings that are scientifically sound. The film documents a revolutionary slide show by Al Gore that he estimates to have given at least 1000 times across different locations around the world. The documentary contains stark visuals of the recent natural calamities, possible future disasters and the mind-boggling graphs that force the audience to take a deep interest in the issue. It uses small animated clips to explain the phenomenon of global warming, highlight its probable impact on polar ice caps and foresee the likelihood of extinction of the living organisms there. The...
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...An Inconvenient Truth succeeds in making an emotional, and more importantly, a moral case for reducing global warming. I am on Al Gore's side when it comes to the importance of raising awareness about global warming and on the fact that we should act forcefully to change the destructive influence humanity is having on the Earth's environment. The documentary is directed by Davis Guggenheim, an American director and producer, and features former United States Vice President Al Gore. Gore is also an author, businessperson, and environmental activist. He has been involved with environmental issues since 1976, when he was a freshman congressman. This documentary is set to educate, warn and raise international public awareness among viewers about global warming. It also states different solutions to fix this problem. Gore succeeds in doing so by presenting a comprehensive slide show containing real scientific statistics. He appeals to every individual by showing before and after images of our natural habitat, discussing a good number of graphs and diagrams. Quotes from Mark Twain, Upton Sinclair, and Winston Churchill underscore Gore's message of taking action, particularly when Gore quotes Churchill who said: "The era of procrastination of half- measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences." A good example Gore gives to induce fear in the viewers is the possibility of the collapse of a major...
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...AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH I. Introduction An Inconvenient Truth presents ex vice- president Al Gore and his passion to help save our planet. This documentary attempts to impact citizens through factual evidence about the reality of global warming and that it is caused by the actions of the people. Whether or not we agree with Mr. Gores theories obviously some kind of action must be taken. It is important that we as a people understand our position, so that we can shift the crisis effecting our world. Based upon the main ideas and a “ call to action” plan, Al Gore demonstrates a documentary that was personally informative and life altering. Gore distinguishes between fact and fiction. The accurate warnings and scientific analysis should not be disregarded. Gore focuses on the main issues that affects us as a whole by concentrating on the facts and setting politics aside.. Gore’s explanation of many factors that cause global warming were shocking. The various causes ranged from climate to fuels. Seasonal changes are effecting our gulf and jet streams. According to Al Gore, “the ten hottest years occurred within the last fourteen years,“ as a result we are faced with a climate shift. This shift creates hurricanes, typhoons, droughts and tornadoes to occur in unusual locations. Carbon dioxide and fossil fuel are at high levels. The more carbon dioxide released the warmer temperatures become. The disappearing canals, trees, and animals are key indicators of global warming. The melting...
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...An Inconvenient Truth Al Gore’s movie, An Inconvenient Truth, begins with a general description of the process of global warming. Essentially, sunlight enters the earth’s atmosphere (which comparatively is as thick a classroom globe layered with a coat of varnish). The majority of what entered is reflected off of the earth’s surface in the form of UV rays and is projected back into space. A small amount of sunlight is trapped inside of the earth’s atmosphere and helps to heat the earth and keep it at a constant temperature. What is happening is that as we release more and more CO2 into the air, the earth’s atmosphere is thickening, trapping more and more UV rays, causing an increase in the atmospheric temperature. Roger Revelle, an old professor of Gore’s, was the first to suggest measuring the CO2 levels in the atmosphere. What researchers have found is that in a cyclical pattern (patterns of steadily increasing up and down movements), the atmospheric levels are on a constant increase. These patterns are cyclical in nature because in the spring, when the northern hemisphere is facing the sun (the northern hemisphere being where the largest amount of vegetation is located), the plant life absorbs the majority of the CO2 levels, reducing the levels of CO2 in the air. In the fall, when the northern hemisphere is facing away from the sun, the CO2 is released into the air, increasing the CO2 levels in the atmosphere. Evidence of an increasing atmospheric temperature is everywhere;...
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...The science and technology subject that I chose to explore for this significant and ever-evolving breadth area is former Vice President Al Gore’s 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth: A Global Warning. Al Gore has been a long-time speaker and against global warming, and has advocated toward environmental energy efficiency and alternate fuel resources. In the years following his time in the White House, Gore focused significant time traveling throughout the world presenting the adverse effects related to global warming. This led to the creation of his documentary An Inconvenient Truth” A personal evaluation of this film considers the issue of the earth’s rising temperatures, the arguments and implications of global warming, how this topic challenged and broadened my understanding of science, and what significant elements I have taken away from viewing the film. This film is strongly connected to the Science/ Description breadth area because of its exploration of the earth’s construction and how humanity affects our planet, and many of the earth’s natural processes. According to the film, “The greatest venerable part of the Earths ecological system is the Atmosphere” (An Inconvenient Truth). One of the film’s global implications is that humans have the capability to irresponsibly damage the thin and protective layer of the Earth’s atmosphere called the Ozone. Each year, the Ozone is being thickened by pollutants causing more radiation from the sun to be trapped in the Atmosphere...
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...An Inconvenient Truth Al Gore really has a valid point in what he wants to share with the people. His visual aids and animations shows great insight into what he sees for the future. Our world is in big trouble; as he stresses the changes in the earth over the last thirty years. Gore is a great public speaker and really leaves people with something to think about when his presentation is over. He has been all over the world to share this presentation with others and really get people out there to realize what they are doing and how it is affecting the world around us. I enjoyed the animations that Gore used since it was one way to just talk about it, but to me it really hit home when he had visual aids. Explaining how if Greenland were to melt; how that would affect the rest of the world. I agree with everything that Gore has said and what really helps is the way that he presents his information and himself. It all fits together hand in hand. Gore was the nation’s Vice President for eight years. To me it would be expected, that he act and perform in the best possible way. If Gore was president I think the world would have been better off since he is an environmentalist and he can really influence our country to change our everyday lives so that Earth may live on for years to come. Personally I did not know that we are causing this much harm to our planet. Gore really opened my eyes to the subject because since watching this I have energy saver light bulbs in my home,...
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...Global Warming An Inconvenient Truth, a bold message that drew all the attention throughout the world about global warming was written and presented by former Vice President Al Gore. In his documentary, Al Gore discusses many global issues as well as the personal relevance they bear in his and all of our lives today and in our futures. The book, as a whole, is a huge success. It also raises public awareness of global climate change and tells the truth that lies behind global warming. It is a very daring book. However, some critiques have been made of Al Gore’s approach. The criticism is not whether global warming is true, or whether or not An Inconvenient Truth should have won an Academy Award for best documentary, but whether Al Gore has presented the information correctly and honestly. Many people argue that he has exaggerated, and he wrote the book because he wanted to gain popularity and money. Conservatives even use Gore’s mistakes to discredit his whole book. Even though Gore has made some mistakes, his central ideas are broadly accurate, and his use of good strategies makes his argument really convincing. Since the book An Inconvenient Truth got published, many people have become nervous, and they attacked Gore personally, such as people from polluting firms and organizations that were funded by polluters. Sean Hannity reports on Fox News channel’s Hannity & Colmes when Gore was running his campaign. He says that Gore’s use of a jet from New Hampshire back to Washington...
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...Global Warming The sky is falling, the sky is falling! Growing up I heard this phrase in folktales as a “wolf cry”-- a cry that is so ridiculous that nobody would believe it. Now that global warming is a major environmental issue, the saying doesn’t sound so out of place. Most people might say: what is global warming? That’s the question that was running through my mind when I first heard we were watching a documentary on it in my English 130 class. The film is Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth and it is about the causes of global warming and what it is doing to our planet. Being an environmentally involved citizen and growing up with conservative Republicans as parents, I was torn between not really liking Gore and this extreme reality that I felt was an impending doom on Mother Earth. The day before my writing class my dad called me and I brought up the fact that I was watching Gore’s film; his reaction was, “I’m paying for you to do that?” I tried to tell him it wasn’t about Gore and when I brought up global warming he claimed it was a scheme to get money and that our wor... ... middle of paper ... ... Lynch, David. “Corporate America Warms to Fight Against Global Warming.” USAToday.com. 5 June 2006. 2 April 2007. http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/2006-05-31-business-globalwarming_x.htm Martins, Pim. Health and Climate Change. UK: Earthscan Publications Ltd., 1998. Peterson, Anne Kristen, Jurg Rohrer. Time for Change: Cause and Effect of Global Warming...
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...Where is the Earth heading? Albert Gore's speech "Global climate change: Protecting the environment" is a very inspiring essay not just because global warming is a big discussed issue these days but also because it's one of the biggest problems. Some examples of worsening condition are the higher and higher temperatures all over the world, the poisoning of the water and air on the Earth, and another one “the unprecedented loss of living species at a rate that has not taken place on this planet since the disappearance of the dinosaurs so many tens of millions of years ago” (Gore). This is very shocking and unimaginable because without animals we neither the Earth won't be able to survive. Al Gore was preparing this speech very much, since he thought through the details about where it would take it's place or to what will make him look convincing and more trustworthy for his audience. He chose to preform it in Washington DC “at a first green university”, and he begins with thanking all the significant people who are there listening to him. Even through there is more young adults than “high positioned" people listening to his speech, there is at that moment most of our “next generation” science students that he wanted to inspire from beginning of their careers. Through his speech, he mentions that “soon 120 countries will have a meeting in Berlin” (Gore) where he will show that other countries are starting to deal with this problem all over the world too. A rhetorical situation...
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...There is a lot of concern about global warming, all around us changes are occurring and they are effecting things in negative ways. Global warming is melting the ice and glaciers it’s beginning to cause some very negative changes and the sad thing is that everyone is blaming it on humans. Enviromentalist Andrew C. Revkin and Vice President Al Gore warn the dangers of melting ice from global warming, while professor Philip Stott claims that their warning is an overblown myth. I believe global warming is a important matter but a over dramatic topic. In the article “Global warming is not a threat to a polar ice” Philip Stott explains that global warming is not happening because of human activity. He believes this is just a cycle of mother nature. Stott suggests that the world was going to go through global warming anyway but none of it was our fault. I agree with most of what He states because there is natural causes that lead to this thing we call global warming. It should not be blamed on mainly human activity and to be honest we cannot stop global warming we can only slow it down maybe. He states “Those who believe that human-cause global warming is a serious problem often point to change polar ice as proof of their theory. Stott 419. Stott is saying that people who think humans are the leading to cause to global warming Is a problem, he thinks they are just being dramatic and over exaggerating this myth. I agree with Stott’s opinion on global warming. I also have my...
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...LaSalle Institute Environmental Science An Inconvenient Truth Video Assignment Directions After viewing today's segment of the video An Inconvenient Truth, you will thoughtfully answer the following questions. You should think about the questions as you are viewing the movie, and may want to take notes, but you should not try to respond to them as you are watching the movie. Your answers must be typed or written neatly on a separate sheet of paper. Trivial responses (responses with no thought put into them) and responses that do not relate to the movie will receive zero points. Questions 1. Al Gore considers global climate change to be a moral imperative. Do you agree or disagree, and why? 2. Of the evidence and images presented in the movie, which did you find to be the most persuasive, and why? 3. Of the evidence and images presented in the movie, which did you find to be the least persuasive, and why? 4. What is the most important new thing you learned from this movie, and why do you feel it is important? 5. In his review of this movie, the film critic Roger Ebert wrote “…You owe it to yourself to see this film. If you do not, and you have grandchildren, you should explain to them why you decided not to.” Do you feel this movie necessary and/or needed? Why or why not? 6. Do you think this movie will alter your behavior in any way? If so, in what ways? If not, why not? 7. Can we trust new, sophisticated scientific technology, such as computer...
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...movie on global warming” The Inconvenient truth” is an eye opener. It grabs the viewers’ attention and starkly portrays the causes and effects of global warming. It puts the consequences of our actions into a larger perspective. I found Al Gore’s presentation extremely convincing for numerous reasons. Firstly, he uses humor to engage the audience and once he has their attention he foccuses on the pressing issue of global warming. Secondly, he uses a lot of examples to illustrate his point. Instead of lecturing that, “Temperatures are rising, we should stop it.” He uses vivid examples and graphic illustrations of the destruction of our planet and of life as we know it if we do not stop this relentless emission of green house gases. This tactic effectively drives the message home. For instance, an image that is embedded in my head is the thought of my hometown Mumbai disappearing from the face of this planet because of the rising sea levels. His movie elevates the concept of global warming from a text- book lesson to one that will directly impact each and every one of us. He personalizes the issue. Lastly, all his statements are backed up by graphs, statistics, and hard evidence, which makes the viewer believe in his truth and forces people to listen to his message. The objective of his movie was to draw attention to a truth which everyone is aware of,but one which is tucked away in a corner. Simply because as he puts it,it is an” Inconvenient truth”. The audience is drawn into...
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