This story consists of multiple characters who want different things…

The Rebel• Takes action• Directly affected• Seen as the enemy• Breaks the law to do what he thinks is

right• PETA People

The Bandwagoner

• Jumps on the environmental bandwagon

• Sits around pretending to care• Doesn’t do anything to change

anything• Some celebrities

The Pessimist• Outcast from society• Considered

outrageously liberal• Sees the corporations

as the enemy• Realistic about what

needs to be done• “Displacement of

Responsibility”• The Paul Suttons of the

world

The Corporations

• Care only about money• Want to keep people

thinking that they’re doing what’s best

• Control everything• Compete with Aliens

for property right• B.P., Exxon, etc.

The Aliens

• Want to consume the planet and all its resources

• Produce gold bars as waste

• Compete with corporations for right to resources

• Afraid of The Wild

The President

• Issues permits• Ignorant• Only cares about gold

and money• Shows failing & corrupt

government

The Hopeful• Cares about what is

happening• Average person• Follows “50 Simple

Things”• Mislead • Your average

“environmentalist”

Law Enforcement• Required to enforce

governmental laws (influenced by corporations)

• Doesn’t think about what he’s doing

• Pawn

The Media• Presents one side of

the story• Skewed• Follows what is told• Create fear

The “Experts”

• “Listen to the Experts: They’re Experts, You’re Not”

• Claim to present all sides of the story

• Present only what they want the public to know, watered down

• Rush Limbaugh

The Observer

• Watches and understands what’s going on

• Removes himself from society completely

• Lives off the grid

The Army• Take back the Earth• Want to restore it to it’s

natural way• Fight against

Corporations and Aliens

In the End…

• The natural world overthrows the Aliens• Story ends with the Army going to destroy the

bureaucracies