Research Discoveries

I am going to write about effects of losing the night due to high pollution. I also want people to adopt or do the necessary to change their mind about nature and preserve the night sky and its beauty. The society has to react and see the beauty of night that we had before the society created all those kind of lights that we have now and which are affecting our planet along with its inhabitants.

When I watched the movie, I notice the reality that I am actually living because as the participant as The City Dark stated, I was living in a bubble where only my life, my children, and my family members were taken into consideration as important. After I watched the movie, I took conscience of a problem that is affecting our night sky, and nobody seems to notice. We as the inhabitants of the planet should try to solve this issue because it is our responsibility to take care of the place where we live and share it with other living things.

I am going to appeal to people’s emotions (pathos) because I think it is the best way to persuade people to take actions. We can have a lot of information from different sources that sometimes we do not pay attention or do not understand, but, if I present them in my paper, the same issues in simpler terms and with examples of actions that we can adopt in our everyday life, I am sure that the readers will see how easy and the different ways that we can help individually to stop this problem.

I am interested in persuading through moral credibility (ethos) by interviewing a catechist because I think that she could give me a religious perspective of light pollution and a major credibility to my essay because a catechist is a person that has been studying to teach the Catholic faith in children. They have good moral character and they are spiritual leaders for many people as well.

I like the commentary of Ian Cheney when he states, “Seeing the stars is like seeing the earth from space. You suddenly realize the uniqueness and the fragility of life in the planet, which is a reminder, as well, that it’s more than just humans who are losing the night” (City Dark). This phrase shows how important the earth and the sky are for him. He also reflects about the fact that we are an insignificant little piece in space, but we mistakenly believe that we are above everything. Too, he shows us the value of the night sky as well as the universe because they are unique and irreparable.

Cheney’s comment helps me understand that we do not appreciate everything that we have because we only think about ourselves instead of seeing our human fragility. I could figure out all that we can lose along with the night sky because we are not just losing the night, but part of ourselves and our humankind too. We have the capability to decide for those that do not know how to protect themselves what we do to the planet. We should protect them, but instead we are failing in doing so due to our neglect.

I have found articles about light pollution, reflections on the cosmos and man, and reclaim the night from religious perspectives. I found them at the databases of Lee College Library; some of them are academic search complete and books. I also want to interview to a catechist because such interview could help me to integrate new solutions to my essay from another point of view. All the researches are going to help me prove the accuracy of my ideas and support them. They also indicate that other people share concepts or think similarly to me.