Earth Without People Reaction Paper

Adam Garcia 

10/3/12

English          

Imagery paper

Imagery on Earth Without People

            Alan Weisman is journalist and a great writer who uses imagery on “Earth Without People.” In this article he explains what would happen if humans suddenly disappear. In my opinion he uses a lot of sight imagery in this article more than any of the other senses.

            He explains how New York will look like if all humans disappear and some of the facts or opinions he says are quite interesting. Alan explains how the “freezing and thawing in common months like March and November would split cement in a decade” and as it “froze and expanded cracks would widen and soon weeds such as mustard and goosegrass would invade” (Weisman). This gives me of how a forest would begin. He then explains how animals like “Coyote would invade Central Park, and deer, bears and finally wolves would follow” (Weisman).

            Alan Weisman really knows how to show imagery threw his journals and writings because I really got a good mental picture on what Alan was trying to create and portray. The effect of imagery that it left on me was that if people disappeared the world would be one big forest or wilderness. When he was explaining how New York would look like, it reminded me of the movie “I am Legend” featuring Will Smith.  I think that was the image he was trying to portray and he did an excellent job.