The greatest discovery ever made on our planet is here. At Jade news, we have a young woman who is an anthropologist working at Jade University. She is here to give us some discoveries about the planet earth. There are quite a lot of interesting things that she has to say about the planet, but her main caution is that the earth is not a safe place for us to visit.
I am Melotica. Some few days ago when looking through my window, I saw a newspaper that supposedly came from earth. Its contents made me grow weary of the planet earth and I feel that I would not like to visit it at all. Normally, we hear stories of other planets, but the most interesting to us is the planet earth. The stories from this planet, though constructed on the sketchy understanding of the planet, suggest that there are humans living on it. I have, for a long time, been interested with knowing more about this planet and even considered visiting it at one time.
This explains my curiosity when I came across a newspaper that had been dropped by one of the astronauts from earth. The paper was titled San Francisco Chronicle. Well, I thought that by looking at the paper, I could learn more about this earth, and maybe it could raise my curiosity about the planet. I, therefore, quickly opened it to have a look. The first thing that met my eyes is the story of San Francisco Giants who were celebrating a third World Series victory. At first, I was astonished by the heading. From the understanding we have on our planet, giants are mean creatures that tend to terrorize innocent people. I, therefore, could not understand how such a thing as giants celebrating a victory. What was the victory all about? My curiosity drove me to read more and that is when I came to understand that The Giants was just a name of a team playing a kind of game called Baseball. Though this cleared my confusion as to what giants could be doing on earth, it also made me wonder what kind of a game baseball was. The pictures on the story showed people who seemed to be in a very erratic mood, jumping and shouting, and in a way, causing destruction to the environment by lighting fireworks (Ho 1). There were people who seemed to be shouting, jumping up and down, and people standing on the rooftops of houses. Most of them had banners and seemed to be wearing clothes of a similar color (Bates 1). I came to realize that this were the colors of the playing teams. I also came to know that this was a game since there were people in what seemed to be a large field with seats all round and a small open space in the middle where players who wore what looked like helmets were playing. Though I could not decipher what sort of a game it was, I could tell that it was quite exciting for the people. Well, this made me have mixed reactions about the planet. First of all, I felt that I would like to go there and see how the game was played. However, I figured that there is a kind of competition involved, with the winning team appearing to be superior. The competition seemed to be a cutthroat since some of the supporters of the loosing team went on to vandalize vehicles and other property in town (Kane and Riley 1). This goes against our beliefs on our planet where everyone is treated equally and there is no competition as to who is better that the other. My urge to know more about this planet was still flaming. I went on reading and realized that they not only have a liking for the live sports, but they also like mind games that can be played individually. There were even crossword puzzles and other games that are available in the newspapers. I got crossword puzzles such as Sudoku, Hashi, Kakuro, Word Games, CalcuDoku, Battleships among others (San Francisco Chronicle 25). I could not make out what the names meant since they were quite funny, but I could not help to notice ‘Battleship’ which made me continue wondering why humans relate sports and fun with violence.
Another surprise came to me in that the people on earth like knowing what is ahead in their lives, or a kind of prophecy. I realized this through the horoscopes as indicated by Minerva (1). This is a column which places people in groups depending on the month and date they were born, and then tries to predict what will conspire in their lives on that specific day. well, I did not understand why the people on earth cannot just let nature take its course and wait for the mystics of life to unfold. We enjoy that back home.
One thing that cannot be denied is that the people on the planet have a great liking for entertainment. They are even willing to take risks just so that they can have some fun. One of their greatest loves is for movies. Coyle (1) observed that even after the storm had hit and most people were disoriented, they could not resist the urge to go for movies. However, I was surprised at the kind of movies they prefer. For instance, there is a movie titled "Wreck-It Ralph" which had massive viewings. Well, this made me think that the people have an inclination to violence. I could not understand how violence could be a way of entertainment.
They also have a thing for partying. Guthrie (1) observed that there was a party for everyone as they headed to the much awaited elections. I gather that this happiness was due to the fact that they were looking for a ruler for their country. Well, they are justified in this course. They also have a sense of decency in entertainment. Such was seen through the performance by an entertainment group called the Conlon Nancarrow (Kosman 1). These men looked so elegant in their suits and the description of their music was also appealing. I could say that there are different forms of entertainment that the people on earth can choose from. This sounds exciting. Story telling is also another form of entertainment that they engage in. this was quite familiar since we also have a lot of that on our planet. However, I continued encountering the use of words and phrases which made me wonder why humans like crooked things. For instance, we understand that folklore should be a way of passing our cultures to the next generation. However, the people on earth have funny story telling times such as ‘Dirt-day’ (Hurwitt 1). Well, as I already noted, I think the people on earth have a very different description of fun from our own. They also like to ridicule each other and deriving fun from that. For instance, there was an animation titled ‘(Th)ink’ (Knight 1). This was an animation of one of the presidential candidates. It was trying to bring out the dark side of the man. As I looked at it, I wondered why they had to use such crude measures to tarnish an individual’s name. Why not use a better way to bring it out?
Nevertheless, I should mention that not all forms of entertainment from the planet depict violence or the like. I really liked one article by Baker (1) which was about art. I realized that the people on the planet have a liking for art and they are quite creative on the same. The portrait showed what looked like a forest, which made me realize that there are some humans which have a thing for nature. Well, this was a consolation after all the weird things I had read about them.
I also came to understand that the planet also has problems with the weather and climate, most of which is brought about by the degradation of the environment, which brings about global warming and puts the entire planet in danger. For instance, they have engaged in so much industrial activities which have had negative effects on their environment. They also use a lot of chemicals in their farming, which leads to much pollution of the soil and the water bodies. Above all, they engage in deforestation which is the cutting down of trees in the forests and converting them into farming land. This leads to great changes in their environment. If only these people could learn to interact with the environment in a positive way such as the way we do it, then they could save themselves from a lot of problems. Rather than cutting down trees to plant crops, why should they not eat the fruits from the trees? Instead of having machines which produce a lot of exhaust fumes, why should they not adopt safer machines such as the fecaliciahe that we use here? As I pondered on these questions, I was inclined to think that the humans do not have much regard for their environment.
There are also natural calamities such as what they termed as hurricane. The surprising thing is that they have names for such events, and they called this one Sandy. A story written by Breed and Parry (Para 1) indicated that the people in this planet were trying to deal with the dangers that could be caused by such a hurricane. This was hard to imagine as I have never witnessed or heard such a thing on our planet. I tend to think that by severely destroying the environment, nature has decided to deal heavily with the inhabitants of the earth. They were issuing warnings for people in certain areas to relocate so as to save their lives and be safe from the floods. As I read along, I could not help but pity sympathies with the people. They seemed to be quite desperate, and not knowing what to do. The situation also made me perceive the earth as not a very safe place, making me believe that I should not even think of going there.
I read many other stories, some of which indicated that the country called USA was going to have elections for a president. The houses which seemed to be very rigid were wrecked, making me think that the people on earth should adopt our balloon-like jujaceius homes. The disappointing fact is that some of the people were analyzing the hurricane from the political point of view, looking at who would be favored by the hurricane. Surely, I would tend to think that such was a time to put politics aside and help those in need. After reading this article, I found so many disappointing facts about the planet. Yes, there are some interesting things about it, but I do not think that the urge I had to visit it is still on. I would rather stay on our peaceful and pleasant planet.
Works Cited
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