Analysis of "overload" by Arthur Hailey

Analysis of "Overload" by Arthur Hailey

The title of the extract under analysis is "Overload". The author of the extract is Arthur Hailey, a famous English novelist, the author of such well-known novels as "Hotel", "Airport", "Wheels", "Final Diagnosis", "Flight into Danger" and others.

The plot of the extract centers round a cross-examination between the representatives of the Sequoia Club and GSP & L 2 months later after the conversation held at the Fairhill Hotel. The manager-secretary of the Sequoia Club presented Nim Goldman 2 photos, grey and colour, which fixed the pictures of the nature before and after the construction of the coal plants. At this meeting Laura Bo Carmichael delivered a speech with persuasive arguments against the construction at the Tunipah area. Her statement was greeted with cheers and the opponents of the Sequoia Club had nothing to say against.

In this extract the following problems are raised: tremendous and irreversible environmental damage, untrustworthy activities of the industrial companies concerning environmental choices and expediency as the most threatening factor in the nature destruction.

Almost the whole extract is devoted to Laura Bo Carmichael's speech witness for the Tunipah area, one of the few remaining unspoilt sanctuaries of nature. I can say that the Sequoia Club prepared thoroughly for the cross-examination. It stated the weighty arguments for the preservation of the nature in its primeval view. For example, Laura's speech impressed the audience deeply as she expressed her thoughts seriously and logically, giving an accurate account of the environmental damage and presenting a clear and detailed picture of the future which we can expect if we will be governed only by the expediency. In her speech she uses many synonyms of the word "destroy" like "to