WorkSheet

Universal Theme: Fear/Need 4 Change

Characters: 

• Holden: He goes over to Mr Antolini's house to talk with him and to stay the night. They talked while drinking coffee about Holden's "life" problems. Then holden fell asleep in the couch because he had an headache but the he waked up while being patted in the head by Mr Antolini it was an awkward situation, Holden decided to leave, he didn't know what to think about him anymore.
• Mr Antolini: Kind wise man that listens and gives advice to Holden, he is married to Lillian that is a kind old woman. Everything goes awkward and turns out wrong when Holden woke up with him patting his head.

Plot: Holden leaves his parents house to go stay the night at Mr Antolini's place, Mr and Mrs Antolini greet him warmly. Holden and Mr Antolini drink come coffee while talking about Holden's problems and questions but the conversation was cut short because Holden wanted to sleep because he has a headache, he was sleeping in the couch when suddenly he realises that Mr Antolini was patting his head while he was sleeping, Holden freaks out and gets out of the house as fast as he can, it was a very awkward situiation. 

Point of View:

Holden: He is scared that when he's old he will hate everything and that no one will like him.

Mr Antolini: Intelectual, he has an older wife and they kiss a lot in public he tells holden "The mark of an immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one".

Symbols, Allusions, Patterns: 

Coffee : caffeine = Not sleep =  insomnia = paranoia = FEAR 

Cigarette : Drug& Not a Kid = Try to make him drunk = Forget what happened = Lose of Memory = Possibility that Mr. Antolini commit a perfect crime = FEAR

 (P.197 : 'I didn't feel much like going into it. I was feeling sort of dizzy or something, and I had a helluva headache all of a sudden. I really did.)

Conversation about {Holden's Family : Personal life & Family information = Know Holden's Family tree = Know where they live = Know who is isolated =  Possible Violation of other Caulfields = FEAR

Touch Holden's Head : Instant & Direct Violation = FEAR

Essay

"Who bears the greatest  responsibility bility for pollution: businesses, individual people or the government"

I believe that the Government has the biggest responsability for pollution over big industries and inviduals but... Why? 

Because the government is the one in charge of spreading and creating anti pollution/contamination laws, some governments do this some don't and some barely do it, and this is why many countries and cities have big contamination issues, the government can do many things to avoid air contamination but just some of them do.

 In undeveloped countries there are few and ineffective laws and programs to combat contamination, governments try to create programs and laws to prevent contamination, but its either ineffective or they just don't care much about it. For example and as written in Jonathan Kaimans article for theguardian.com in China the pollution level in Beijing reaches 750 points in a 0-500 scale and according to the WHO 0-25 is the safe daily level.

Governments have to create strong school programs so that our kids can have a real awareness about pollution and contamination not just a idea of what it is and what it can cause, also another issue is that governments could have and can do is to create strong laws for individuals and for industries to make them think twice before letting go toxic substances into the air, to fine the company for releasing toxic substances into the air would not just cut them from doing it because probably the fine equals just a 2% of what they make releasing toxic things into the environment so the only way to get in the heads of big industries that just want to earn money is to teach them about the consequences of contaminating the environment and that has to be taught when they are little and this goes back to my other point about strongly teaching about the consequences of contamination in schools and out of them.

The government can give a certain amount of money to businesses that work cleanly and for the environment, after all it is for the greater good. Because of inefficient government programs to spread environmental awareness and laws to prohibit contamination many countries are now stuck trying to clean their lands, sea and sky when meanwhile people are in their comes burning tires or throwing toxic things to the sky, land or sea, and this is all because they were not properly taught about the consequences of doing such things.

For this and for many other reasons I strongly believe that the government is the one to blame for air pollution and for any type of contamination that is affecting their country over individuals and businesses. 

Sources:

http://www.bcairquality.ca/101/individual-pollution.html

http://www.ehow.com/about_5407184_air-pollution-caused-industries.html

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/jan/22/china-air-pollution-government-official

Annotated Bibliography

Retrieved From: Individuals
How individuals and families contribute to contamination and pollution, they pollute the air by burning different types of materials such as fossil fuels, plastic and many other types of materials.

Retrieved From: Industries and Businesses
There are many factors producing air pollution and industries is a big one of them, they are often considered as the prime factor in air pollution. There are many implications and health risks associated with industrial air pollution such as Acid Rain, Respiratory Disorders and the depletion of the ozone layer.

Retrieved From: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/jan/22/china-air-pollution-government-official

According to this text The Chinese Government could have done much more 20 years ago to avoid or to have a cleaner and less polluted Beijing, but they didn't  and now people have many respiratory problems, the air pollution of Beijing hit a level of 755 on a scale that goes from 0 to 500 and according to the WHO below 25 is the safe daily level. 

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