Sharpe
1/17/2017
Ultima Thule
Within the chapter called Ultima Thule within the book Mountains of the Heart discusses about the Belle Isle within eastern Canada. The island is considered to be part of the Appalachian Mountains of the within North America.
Location of Belle Isle.
Photo Retrieved from: (Atlas of the World)
But within the chapter, it once again shows the human greed to take advantage of animals and other parts of the environment. One example was the Cod (type of fish) industry completely collapsed. It simply shows how humans just take the fish without really thinking about the consequences of their actions. Then once completed, they just go to the next type of fish.
Atlantic Cod
Photo Retrieved from: (Hans-Petter Field)
Then it goes into a species of bird, called the Eskimo Curlew. A species that was once plentiful, but is now on the verge of extinction due to human activities. The main activity that caused this was being shot by humans during their migration routes, mostly for easy meat for the human family.
Eskimo Curlew
Photo Retrieved from: (Archibald Thorburn)
Then another issue that the author shows the reader an idea of a Polar Bear skeleton. Since the author uses just a skeleton instead of an actual animal roaming the island, it helps bring the idea to the reader that the species of the Polar Bears are obviously on the decline, and that it only seems to be on the increase. And if we do nothing to help, the Polar Bears will surely go extinct.
Overall, humans are a very greedy race. We only care about ourselves, and that we no longer focuses on the Earth and in preserving the planet. The animals that are currently living on the planet has to suffer due to the actions of humans.
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