America truly was once paradise, however paradise is scattered and almost vanished. This unit opened my eyes to things I knew little about. These writing are so heart wrenching especially “Scipio and the Bear” and “Death of a Mountain”. I knew that our environment is in peril. I just never really payed much attention to it the way I will now. Many Americans are so consumed with what they can gain right now they fail to look at the consequences to come or even to care of the devastation caused to American’s beauty. They don’t even seem to care about crimes done to their own kind. The more people were educated and read stories as these, they could change the way things are done. In “Scipio and the Bear” the farmers were so worried about the …show more content…
Reece shows that Americans are too consumed with what they can gain now and don’t consider the future impact of their actions or the devastating harm caused to others. Americans want the best they can have no matter they devastation as long as they aren’t face to face with it. Well some even when they are face to face with the disaster. Companies as in “Death of a Mountain” only care about how much money is to be made and how they can make the most in the shortest amount of time with the least expense. They do not care that they are wiping out a mountain, its trees that are hundreds of years old, bringing animals near extinction or extinct. They did not even care about their own kind being poisoned and dying. They were not even trouble by deaths caused to the people. At least not enough to stop. It does not affect they direct so they do not seem care. These people have so much greed they even beat and bite a man for standing up to them. The law was even on their side because they had money to support the one’s being elected. The poor would get a law in place and no sooner would the big companies get it revised with stipulations that made the laws unenforceable. Reece’s article brings these subjects to light for all to see, if you read the story. More people need to understand the coal industry from this point of