NATURAL EXPLOITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS DEPICTED IN IO

This study examines how natural exploitation and environmental crisis are depicted in
IO. The writer employs ecocriticism theory in doing this study. This study is engaged
with a qualitative descriptive approach. The data were gathered using nonparticipatory and observational method. The writer finds a total of 33 data in this study,
14 of which come under the category of natural exploitation, and 19 come under the
category of environmental crisis. For natural exploitation, there are four categories
found: (1) The use of chemicals, (2) Human expansion, (3) The dependency on
emissions and artificial systems, (4) The use of animals in experiments and engineered
genetics. For environmental crisis, there are five categories found: (1) Air and water
crisis, (2) Climate crisis, (3) Resource depletion, (4) The extinction of wildlife, (5) The
devastation of the earth. In conclusion, the movie consistently depicts natural
exploitation done by humans and the impact on the environment as presented in the
environmental crisis. These findings highlight the toxic behavior by humans in the
natural environment that makes the environment struggle to survive. this study gives
the reader environmental awareness through the movie IO.