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Universidade Federal de Roraima - UFRR
2024
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Opinion Life and style

What’s in your go bag for the apocalypse?

Emma Beddington

With more and more people prepping for Armageddon, the answers to this question are revealing – whether it’s Babybels, cash, crossbows or toilet paper Sun 24 Sep 2023 14.00 BST

The author Lauren Groff has become a prepper. “I think everyone should have a go bag right now,” she told National Public Radio (NPR) in the US. “I think every household should have enough food to last through at least two weeks. This is just logical at this point.”

Groff lives in Florida, where dangerously extreme weather has become a fact of life – we’re lucky enough to be spared that in the UK, at least for now. But as a semiprofessional catastrophist – one apocalyptic sandwich board short of full doom-monger status – am I. missing a trick? Should I. have a go bag and what should go in it? Online recommendations include water – one of my least favourite fluids – cereal bars, first aid supplies, spare clothes, medication and paperwork. Practical, but short on bells and whistles (actually, they do recommend taking a whistle).

After asking around for inspiration, I. have decided that the first kneejerk answer is very revealing. “Babybels,” said my friend T, instantly, as if he had waited his entire life for me to ask. “Two layers of protection, mouldable wax to make effigies of lost humanity – and you can use the bag to catch fish.” “Dreamies,” said M, still in thrall to her cat and its treat demands come Armageddon. “And Côte d’Or caramelised salted almond chocolate.” F went for cyanide capsules and The Golden Bowl by Henry James (useful for both entertainment and kindling). My husband looked genuinely thrilled with my question – a first for any workrelated research I. have conducted on him. “A pile of cash (to use for the first few days, before everyone realises it’s worthless) and all the weapons I can find.”

What you pack depends on whether you are prepping for a temporary displacement (toilet paper, paracetamol, passport) or the end of the world (whatever my husband is bringing; he’s looking up crossbows online as I write). But for both scenarios I have decided on my essentials: an insulated flask of dirty martini and several of the big 70g bags of Hula Hoops I usually save for weekends. The apocalypse is no reason to cancel my aperitif. What’s going in yours?

Disponível e adaptado de:: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/24/whats-inyour-go-bag-for-the-apocalypse Acesso em: 24 de Setembro de 2023.

Considering the section of the newspaper in which the text was published, the contemporary discussions about global heating and other climate disorders, as well as your previous knowledge on the theme, mark the alternative that best represents the tone the author implemented in her article:
A
The author chooses to use irony to approach the theme “climate crisis” because she does not believe that is as serious as people insist on saying. She offers some examples of why we shouldn’t take it so seriously.
B
Because the theme – climate crisis – is extremely serious and urgent, the author uses a sober tone in her writing, using words, punctuation and examples that reveal how concerned she is in relation to that.
C
As the text brings a serious and urgent theme, the climate crisis the planet is facing, the author decides to make a little fun, since there is nothing else that can be done but to wait for the worse to come.
D
Considering the fact that the newspaper The Guardian declared the theme “climate crises” is extremely relevant, the author of this text decided to bring some entertainment to the readers, who have been excessively worried.
E
Although the text brings a serious and urgent theme, the climate crisis the planet has been facing, the author chooses to write about it in a sarcastic and fun way. It does not mean, however, that the subject is treated an unimportant.