Questions

1) Why is Estragon forgetful? Estragon is forgetful because time has effected him in a negative manner.

2) Why does the play not end in suicide? Vladimir and Estragon don't kill themselves because their self-interst in themselves. I also believe that they are scared and are doing it for the attention. They also understand the meaning of life and knows of its importance.

3) Why don't Vladimir and Estragon separate? Estragon and Vladimir don't separate because of friendship and companionship. In Act I, Vladimir gave Estragon a carrot meaning that they can't go without each other. Both rely on each other for a lot.

Questions about Godot

1) Estragon is very hard headed, distrust worthy with everyone except himself, and Childish.

2) How are they not like? He isn't mature at all

3) Objects your character interacts with? Boot, Chicken Bone, Carrot, Turnip, Willow Tree. Estragon also considers hanging himself in Act II. In the play, the Willow Tree is the meeting throughout the whole entire play.

4) How does your character change? How does your character behave in Act I? How does your character behave in Act II?  In Act I, Estragon is very hard headed and he's very stubborn in his ways.  He's very disrespectful to Vladimir and mouths off the first couple of pages in nonsense meaning. In Act II, he changed somewhat, but he mostly remained the same. He stays repetitive as well and is constant in his ways.

5) How does your character make sense of his world? What does he think? How does he think? Estragon looks at the world as if it revolves around him and that he's the attention of the whole universe. He thinks of everything as self-centered.

Midterm Notes

The Great Conveyor Belt

• Thermohaline Circulation: a constantly moving ocean system of deep-seas circulation driven by temperature and salinity that also makes the water dense.
• The Belt circulates clockwise.

   Effects of Global Warming 

• Consequences: weather would drop between 9-18 degrees in Europe, which would cause them to be unable to grow crops in the snow.
• Solutions: THOR (Thermohaline Overturning) project, made between 9 European countries- GOAL: is to identify and predict the mechanism that controls the main distributor of heat into the European countries.

Climate Challenge

• Climate Change also referred to as Global Warming.
• Greenhouse Effect: thermal radiation from the Earth's surface is absorbed by the atmosphere. 
• CO2, Nitrous Oxide, Methane are the main greenhouse gases.
• Most gases are created by human activity.
• Climate change is also occurring right now as we speak.

Wildlife at Risk

• Weather changes are forcing animals to find a new environment because of climate change.
• As temperature rises so do heat related illnesses and many are put at high risk for serious illness.

Economy loss

• Agriculture is an important sector of the U.S. economy

Safe/clean drinkable water

• Problem   3% of the world is drinkable ; 71%  is what we have in the WORLD 
• Average family uses more than 300 gallons of water; 13.7% out of 300 are being wasted on leaks!
• U.S. Alone are losing water resources from drilling
• UN suggest we need 20-50 liters of sale freshwater a day
• The world together 9,087 billion cubic meters per year
• Countries expect very large quantities of water (crops/watering plants) in the form of food (cow-> hamburgers) and products 
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