On The Book Garbage Land

Elizabeth Royte wrote the book Garbage Land specifically to inform readers on the latest events that is damaging our environment. With so many facts, data and statistics, she hopes she can win her readers over. Garbage Land, is directly mostly towards the people who aren't aware of how the garbage that we throw away everyday is having a negative effect on our lives. The book has an enormous amount of information. Many people didn't know much that the landfills are causing problems and it's leading to many health problems and deaths. Royte will want young teens and adults that aren't literate on the topic to comprehend her point of view. The readers who pick up this book are the ones who are willing to learn. Due to the types of languages she uses, this lets me know that she is expecting an audience in different levels of education and a diverse group. The problem effects everybody but she's not targeting everybody. She wants to reach the people that recycling isn't a must for them. She calls out the people who can do something about it, mainly the rich.

The purpose of this book is to spread the awareness. She wants her readers to become educated on this subject once they are finish reading her book. Why else would she fill this book up with tons of information if she didn't want people to learn. "I became increasingly curious to learn what sort of impact my own 1.31 annual tons had as it meandered through the landscape." (Pg. 11) She's interested in where her trash ends up. She explains how she was willing to follower her trash and sees where its laid. On page 12, she literally looks through her trash to see what her garbage would say about her. By reading this book Royte hopes that everyone starts to care more about our society and that our trash can affect us later in the future. Meaning she hopes this book can make a change. She wants to reach the people that recycling isn't a must for them. She calls out people in the book that are able to do something about it, mainly the rich people. She's using this book as her voice. When people finish reading the book she wants them to feel the same way she feels and could go to tell others what they learn from reading this book and get a better picture on the "garbage business". With so much extensive detail she makes her readers think after every important fact.

Royte uses this specific element persuasion to capture her audience. This book has enough evidence to support my points on how firm she was when it came to using extensive detail to make her readers think after every important fact. In some of her facts she leaves and emotional impact on her readers. On pg. 163, she tells a story about how a garbage man got killed by a deadly toxic explosion due to paint and other highly flammable fuses. Then on pg 169, she has a story about how 99% of young children had gotten lead poisoning due to the contaminated water and fields in there area. She wants the readers to feel all types of emotion in this book. She will use sad stories to help her through the stage of persuading her audience. To make them feel connected with her. She uses different types of language in the book from jargon to slang. Royte uses languages to keep her readers entertained.

The reported waste stream in 2002 was at 369 million tons a year in New York City. It was said from experts that in 2003 every American generated close to 1.31 tons of garbage. After this statement most readers would have pause for a sec to try to image what 1. 31 ton of garbage might look like. I know I did. Through her words she makes the readers visualize the facts. On Pg. 67 she showed how passionate she was to find out the truth about where garbage ends up. After being denied to see a landfill she snuck into one anyway and she observed. She was in Pennsylvania, and a landfill where 750 tons of waste, old materials, clothes, peoples belongings' was dumped into a hoe.

As the years are increasing, landfills will get over filled. This is one of Royte's concerns because, when that time comes, where would the rest our trash will go? Will trucks makes 2 or 3 days trips in another state to dump our trash that we don't want? Right now, trash is jus being pilled up, buried and some are burned. E-waste, known as electronic waste thrown away is very hazardous to our environment. On pg, 170, she notes that the Chinese coastal towns that allow e-waste has high rates in birth defects and other very serve respiratory problems for new born babies. Most states banned e-waste from landfills. It's better off to recycle and refuse all electronic stuff and use them for other purposes. In the book the important facts that she wants people to realize is in italics. ".. 163,420 computers and television will become obsolete every day." " Where the bricoleur.." It will catch the readers' eye and attention.

With all the given facts it obvious Royte did a lot of work in writing this book. She builds herself up as a person who knows much about the negativity of trash. She presents herself like a regular person. On pg 18, she uses the word "we" because she's letting the readers know that she too didn't know what was going on and she to just threw all her trash in the garbage can without realizing the harm it's causing." We need to cop to a downstream connection as well. Our lifestyles took a toll on the planet, and that toll was growing ever worse" She never contradicted herself. She never said that she was always throwing her trash in the appropriate places and recycled all the time. In pg. 33 to 34 when she was riding around with the garbage men in the truck they were going to make a stop by her house to pick up the trash that's in