The author, Paul Bogard in his article, "Let There Be Dark", describes how he think that natural darkness should be preserved. Bogard's purpose to his article is to make people realize that darkness is a natural think, and that it shouldn't be avoid it. He adopts a determined tone in order to to make people realize how important darkness is. Borgard achieves his purpose through the use of informal diction and figurative language.
One of the methods Borgards uses to state his main idea is by using diction. He uses words like "collapse", "depends", "needs". This makes the reader feel as if its something important. He catches the readers attention by throwing in some ethos in his writing. He states, "Our bodies need darkness to produce the hormone
