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Analysis Of Human Space Exploration: A Need Or A Want?

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In the stimulus titled, Human Space Exploration: A Need or A Want?, The belief that Humans need to focus on space is represented as a negative belief because it distracts humans’ focus from Earth to outer space. The author believes that human's “First - only - priority is to focus on our own planet”, highlighting that humans should focus on planet Earth before focusing on space. This is evident in the metaphor, “Space exploration is a black hole, sucking attention away from what matters” The author describes space to be a black hole, which is a hole with no end known to be an invisible void that destroys everything inside. Implies that focusing on space distracts humans from focusing on planet Earth as everything is undiscovered, therefore, the author describes space as sucking attention away from what matters, being planet Earth. Therefore, the metaphor implies that focusing on outer space will distract humans from focusing on planet Earth which should be a priority. …show more content…

The ending sentence of the speech transcript “ It needs us focused here on Earth - Our home”, is the author’s call to action, reinforcing that the Earth needs our focus, not outer space. Through sentence structure, the author repositions the reader's thinking, because of the high modality in the word “need”, this creates urgency and urges the reader to support the belief that humans need to focus on Earth, not space. Therefore, through the use of metaphors and text structure like modality, call to action and sentence placement, the author highlights that human space exploration is a negative belief that distracts humanity from focusing on planet Earth which should be their first

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