The Treasure Hunter is a short story I created that follows a young female character Jessie in her endeavor to discover what the world used to be like before 2070. While the adults of this time attempt to convince the diminishing number of children that the dying world is beautiful and a forever-luxurious place, Jessie challenges this view and goes searching for the well-hidden answers. When she finds out the world is coming to an inevitable end Jessie has to consider whether it is better to tell the truth and warn her fellow classmates or let them live in peace and die in an uneducated comfort.

The reason I chose a storyline like this was to highlight our own society and how ignorant we are in ignoring the problems that occur in the world. While this class has opened my eyes to climate change I know there are still a lot of people out there who just wipe climate change under the carpet and choose to ignore what is happening. I hope this opens some eyes and makes some people consider that we need to address climate change now as Jessie questions the reader in their reasoning for not leaving a better life for her and our future generations.

“Did you ever awaken to the sound of laughter? My guess is no. My guess is the machines woke you up easily enough. That over the years they crept and crawled and penetrated through your micro pores. I’m sure they entered your bloodstream and poisoned your mind. I bet that’s how it began, that they brainwashed you into building bigger and better technology, obsessing over it until our earth decided to finally fight back. That’s my guess at least, but then again what would I know, its not as if you actually believed we would survive or in any case cared about what would happen to us.”

My first thoughts on Global Warming in this class were climate change and how the world will cope. I didn’t quite understand how fiction could be created through this; however, through the texts that we have already begun to learn about I have noticed how broad the spectrum is and how texts can definitely help inform, prepare and warn society for what may come.

A proverb that I think personally a lot of people use in regards to Global Warming and what I was reminded of when first entering this class is “Ignorance is bliss”. I myself find it hard to be confronted with sites such as Global Weirding simply because I feel the issue is so colossal that it feels too large to handle. While I understand that there are motions in action to try and prevent Global Warming from happening I find it hard to personally feel as though I can make much of a difference. For a lot of people I honestly believe they would feel the same way and just pretend things aren’t happening because they feel so disconnected from the issue. I believe that writers have an obligation to educate the public on certain issues, in this case Global Warming. This is why I’m not quite sure if I overly enjoyed the short story A Diary of an Interesting Year by Helen Simpson. The idea itself I enjoyed however I personally did not agree with some of the craft elements Simpson uses throughout. The concept of a diary is interesting and I think it works in a lot of stories such as The Perks of Being A Wallflower By Stephan Chbosky and The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll however in this short story I really didn’t feel connected to the main character. I don’t know if this is because it’s a much shorter story or it was simply the style that it was written but I just couldn’t connect with her as much as I did with other characters from other stories in I’m With The Bears.

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