THE NARRATIVE OF

THEODORE
ROOSEVELT
AMERICAN STATESMAN, POLITICIAN,
CONVERSATIONALIST, NATURALIST, WRITER, AND
POTUS
submitted by: Franco Montilla
section: C
“TEDDY” ROOSEVELT
Story
 The youngest ever president of the United
States vigorously led Congress and the
American public toward progressive
reforms and a strong foreign policy.
Several of these reforms were pro-
environmentalist and sought to conserve
the country’s natural resources.
Plot
 The youngest ever president of the United
States vigorously led Congress and the
American public toward progressive
reforms and a strong foreign policy.
Several of these reforms were pro-
environmentalist and sought to conserve
the country’s natural resources. He
established over 20 national parks and
monuments as he understands the
repercussions of abusing resourses.
BINARY OPPOSITIONS
 CONSERVATION  PROGRESS
 SPHERES OF ACTION Hero
Teddy Roosevelt

Helper
Gifford Pinchot
-His key adviser and
subordinate on Donor
environmental Extinct/Near
matters Extinct species

Dispatcher Princess
William McKinley The Environment
- His death bestowed
Roosevelt with the seat
of the President

Villain
Abusive Capitalists
IDEOLOGY:
ENVIRONMENTALI
SM
 “We have become great because of the
lavish use of our resources. But the
time has come to inquire seriously
what will happen when our forests are
gone, when the coal, the iron, the oil,
and the gas are exhausted, when the
soils have still further impoverished
and washed into the streams, polluting
the rivers, denuding the fields and
obstructing navigation.” – Theodore
Roosevelt
 Grand Narratives
- Profit takes priority over anything
else

- There is no law against using

nature’s resources

 Little Narratives
- Profit can be made sustainably

- The detriment caused by

industrialization cost the
environment more that it made in
profit
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