Chief Seattle's speech has talked about the threat that Mother Earth is facing due to man's greed and selfishness. It is true that the pollution caused by us has a lot of impact to the environment. As the speech says, if we do not take care of our home, we will be the one suffering the consequences. Pollution is happening everywhere and it is getting worse. People are now cautious of this problem but there are still a lot of people that ignore this issue and claimed that this is just a hoax by the media to control people.
The speech shows that the freedom that the natives had was taken away by selfish and dishonest people. They had taken away their homeland and broke promises about protecting it after acquiring it. This shows that people are willing to do anything to get what they want without caring about others. This is something to be worried about in this day because more people are now focusing on getting rich and some are willing to bring down others just to achieve what they wanted. This has caused a mass destruction to our planet and there is no sign of slowing down as lots of people couldn't care less about our planet and others.
The speech has talked about the people who kill other animals for entertainment and this is such a cruel act that the natives just couldn't understand and they are disgusted by it. It is sad to see how cruel and heartless people are towards other animals. The buffaloes that were killed are viewed as worthless and a lifeless metal horse is worth more than those lives. Animals should not be kill for entertainment purpose in any shape of form because every living things on Earth deserves a chance to live.
It was a shame for the people who took away the natives' homeland. Breaking promises about protecting the scared lands and holy streams. The people had lied to the natives and stole their homeland when they do not deserve rights to own it. Destroying the beauty of nature and Mother Earth with pollutants. Cutting down trees uncontrollably to build buildings. The people didn't teach the youth to protect the environment as they promised. This is heartbreaking to see because of how bad people can be and the harm that was brought to the innocent.
At the end of the speech, Chief Seattle said " The end of living and the beginning of survival". This is true because living is no longer peaceful but harsh as we and others have to survive, especially the animals, they have to face the threat that we brought to them and later, it will be ours. One day, the Earth will no longer be suitable for us and we will face the ultimate consequence that we brought ourselves.
Living in this generation, I have seen the amount of effort put to protect and restore our environment. Unfortunately, it is not enough, many people still do not care about the future of our home. The pollution that is caused has made lots of animals suffer and humans are suffering too. It might be too late to restore the Earth as it used to be. Even if it is possible, it would take lots of time and effort. So, it is our duty to slower down the rate of the pollution and possibly stop it from getting worse.
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