Why Leaves Turn Color in the

At this moment the reader is confused; she made the essay a metaphor and later on she reverts back to her scientific explanation. In evaluation Diane Ackerman’s Essay “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall” tries to describe why leaves turn color in fall but fails because her thesis is unable to concentrate on certain ideas an ends up a fact instead of a argument. She neglects to keep her reader focused on her objective and makes the entire essay just boring. This is undoubtedly false because she clearly states in the beginning of how chlorophyll is used to produce a rich green color which leads to photosynthesis. She finishes by saying " Sometimes one finds in fossils stones the imprint of a leaf, long since disintegrated, whose outlines remind us how detailed, vibrant, and alive are the things of this earth that perish”(323). What’s disappointing is Ackerman discusses the process of how then and the next thing you know she is debating about life and death. Thanks to Process Analysis usually arranges a series of events in order and relates them to one another, as narration and cause and effect, except process analysis explains how it happens instead of what happened.

Through this essay you can’t help but wonder if Ackerman is manipulating why leaves Turn Color in the fall as a metaphoric comparison about life and death. She tries to show how the changing of seasons metaphorically connects these ideas as a description of life of trees and how everything changes. For example Ackerman writes “They remind us that the end of a season is capricious, as is the end of life” (323). A leaves color reveals the health condition of the leave. What does the author want to tell us, or about the scientific reasons why leaves change their colors in fall or does she intend to tell us more profound ideas? In conclusion this essay is just a lecture in biology class not a formal essay.

At the end you begin to think why did the author write this essay, questions arise like does she want to tell us how do the leaves change color or everything in this world will die? In my opinion Ackerman tries to accomplish too much at once but I am still confused what the main idea for this essay is. Readers are so bombarded with info that they lose track of what’s relevant.