Garbology

by

Edward Humes

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Miriam Goldstein Character Analysis

Miriam Goldstein was an ocean scientist who came from a younger generation than Mary Crowley, and who was more of a scientific insider than Crowley. Goldstein and her colleagues studied the Pacific Garbage Patch, learning that it was not in fact one big “island” of trash but in fact a whole wide region filled with chunks of pollution. Goldstein was particularly concerned with the effect of this pollution on ocean life, and her research helped prove that despite plastic’s reputation as a “miracle material,” its effects on ocean wildlife were anything but miraculous.

Miriam Goldstein Quotes in Garbology

The Garbology quotes below are all either spoken by Miriam Goldstein or refer to Miriam Goldstein. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Hidden Costs of Waste Theme Icon
).
Chapter 6 Quotes

She tends to see the state of the sea as the ultimate in societal heedlessness—an unintended and untended lab experiment run wild, in which the world finds out just what happens when we dump fifty years’ worth of plastic into the ocean. Now, Goldstein says, it’s time to assess the damage and figure out where to go from here.

Related Characters: Mary Crowley, Miriam Goldstein
Page Number: 116
Explanation and Analysis:
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Miriam Goldstein Quotes in Garbology

The Garbology quotes below are all either spoken by Miriam Goldstein or refer to Miriam Goldstein. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Hidden Costs of Waste Theme Icon
).
Chapter 6 Quotes

She tends to see the state of the sea as the ultimate in societal heedlessness—an unintended and untended lab experiment run wild, in which the world finds out just what happens when we dump fifty years’ worth of plastic into the ocean. Now, Goldstein says, it’s time to assess the damage and figure out where to go from here.

Related Characters: Mary Crowley, Miriam Goldstein
Page Number: 116
Explanation and Analysis: