Gab Brown Rhetorical Analysis

       Gabrielle Brown

September 6, 2013

WRT 120-40

Rhetorical Analysis Making Peace with the Earth

AUTHOR:

Vandana Shiva, born in 1952, was the daughter of a conservator of forests and a farmer. She trained as a gymnast in India and after her years of schooling, she went on to earn a Bachelor’s degree in Physics, a Master’s degree in the philosophy of science and lastly a PhD in nuclear physics. Shiva is an accomplished woman who can be called a scientist, environmentalist, feminist, philosopher and author.

TITLE: Making Peace with the Earth: Climate Wars and Climate Peace

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2012

PUBLISHER:

The book was first published in 2012 by Women Unlimited, an associate of Kali for Women, in New Delhi, India. Pluto Press, located in London, and Fernwood Publishing, located in Canada, also publish it.

TONE, SYNTAX, LANGUAGE:

The excerpt from Making Peace with Earth is an informative piece, with well-written information and evidence of the Earth’s changing climate. Shiva appears to be a well-educated author with many cultural perspectives.

INTENDED AUDIENCE:

Vandana Shiva may have intended this book to be read by a variety of audiences. It could be for skeptics, in which she hopes to persuade them of the ever-changing climates of the world. Also, it may serve the purpose of an educational literary work.

CONTEXT:

The chapter is partly about how the governments of the world have failed in their efforts of safeguarding the planet’s environment and climate, despite coming together in massive numbers at conferences such as the UN Climate Summit, which took place in Copenhagen in 2009. Shiva offers a more political view of climate change, which is a unique perspective. Shiva conducted research in various parts of the world, including the Himalaya Mountains. She studied the Himalayas because they are greatly overlooked despite having an impact on the greatest number of people. The chapter stresses a great importance on the Himalayas because they are disregarded in the grand scheme of the world’s melting glaciers, which mainly centers on the melting snow in the Arctic and Antarctic.

PURPOSE:

The purpose of Making Peace with the Earth is to emphasize the importance of protecting our environment, both on a local level as well as a global one.  

AUTHOR’S PROCESS:

Vandana Shiva conducted research around the world as evidence that the Earth’s climates are dangerously changing at a rapid pace. In the excerpt, “Climate Wars and Climate Peace” , Shiva’s research began at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen in 2009. She also researched the climate change in the third pole as well as the water crisis in the Himalayas.

"Vandana Shiva." - The Green Interview. Ed. Silver Donald Cameron. Paper Tiger Enterprises Ltd, 2010. Web. 05 Sept. 2013. <http://www.thegreeninterview.com/vandana-shiva-bio>.

Shiva, Vandana. "Climate Wars and Climate Peace." Making Peace with the Earth. London: Pluto, 2013. 98-110. Print.