Erik Reece continues to actively engage his readers in this section of his book. He employs several tactics geared at targeting human emotions in order to drive his points home.
I found his continual use of statistics and quotations of various other authors to be rather compelling. I even decided to reread sections allowed to my roommates that I found particularly astounding or poignant. Reece's ability to captivate my attention as I read intrigued me because I am not normally drawn toward this type of issue. It is almost overwhelmingly sad to think about how much the statistics have probably changed (most likely for the worse) in the four years since Lost Mountain has been published.
Reece continues his journey of discovery by making acquaintance with people directly involved and/or affected by the destruction of mountain top removal coal mining. He accounts through their words and experiences which I feel adds credibility to his underlying message.
The topic that most struck home with me was how we, as a society, have created this terrible problem, yet have done little to nothing to help remedy it. It is a helpless feeling that each and every one of us has contributed to this continual problem that is only getting worse.
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Lauren,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you when you said that Reece keeps finding ways to keep his readers interested. Also your last paragraph really hit me. In my head I blame it on the coal companies, but really we are all a part of it. Until we find a better in getting energy we will all be hurting our fellow citizens. I think that was a great point you made!
I am also interested in the change of statistics over the past four years since this book was written. I almost don't want to know the sad fact that these statistics have probably gone way up since Lost Mountain was published.
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