The Breathtaking World Under the Sea

          "Ariel, listen to me. The human world, it's a mess. Life under the sea is better than anything they got up there", could this statement from a Disney movie be true? Megan Cytron, from Salon.com, believes that it is and I would have to agree with her. I enjoy swimming and when I swim down the little inlet located at Black's Beach on Cape Cod, I always stop and hold my breath to take in the silence and to look down at the hermit crabs that scutter along, trying to fight the current. Though the hermit crabs never win, I always know that it is much more peaceful under the water than in the crazy world that we live in. Black's Beach is only accessed by boat which allows you escape the everyday hustle and bustle of the suburban life. Cytron focus' on saving the coral reefs that bring her peace. I agree with Cytron, these little pieces of peacefulness need to be protected because they are just to beautiful to be lost.
          Cytron knows her audience very well. Her target audience is nature lovers and conservationists. Her writing style is casual, but very persuasive. She uses bright and cheerful adjectives to describe the world wonders that live under the sea. Cryton informs the reader by including knew information that they might not have known such as, " Rising water temperatures and ocean acidity levels, runoff and overfishing are wreaking havoc on these habitats...".  Her final line, "warm crystal-clear tropical seas fringing remote sandy islands or coastlines -- are what most of us have in mind when we cocontemplate the word 'paradise'", was a perfect way to close her argument.

http://www.salon.com/life/trazzler/index.html?story=/mwt/feature/2011/09/25/trazzler_slideshow_coral_reefs