45 pages 1 hour read

Elizabeth Rush

Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

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Essay Topics

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Rush views her role in Rising as giving a microphone to people traditionally left out of environmental discourse discussions in the United States. Identify the ways in which the text supports this argument, with particular attention paid to the language Rush employs.

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It is Rush’s belief that “organized retreat” represents “one of the few adaptive strategies that feels appropriately humble, and at the same time, acknowledges the scale of the threat” (249). What are some specific examples that Rush uses to engage the reader in her argument?

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There are many times when Rush raises concern about using human interventions to fix the climate crisis, which is due to human interventions in the landscape. Do you think Rush’s criticism of these interventions is fair? Why or why not?