Silent Spring Book Report
Silent Spring
1. A. I was captivated with the way Carson began the book with the imaginary town that had suffered plagues due to pesticides. She then went on to say that these were based off real events that happened all over the country. Also it was fascinating how much Rachel Carson new about carcinogens and the ill effects of pesticides such as cancer and birth defects. This was at a time when this was not a wide spread fact.
B. The protagonists in this novel are nature and the public. They are both innocent and are slowly but surely being hurt by the antagonists which would be the government and the chemical industry which produced DDT and other pesticides.
C. This novel revealed the effects of pesticides on not only nature but on us humans. In nature pesticides were being killed because of the blanket of chemicals that were being released because the people releasing them wanted to get paid more. It was then revealed that super insects were being created because of natural selection, so the strong bugs would survive and go on to produce more resilient bugs. Humans are …show more content…
A. As a reader in 2012 I was able to see how much Rachel Carson made a difference. This is now well known stuff. Almost everyone knows what a carcinogen is, so I had to put myself in 1962- a time when people did not think as much of their health and the affects of DDT. This would have been revolutionary and so enlightening because it offered an explanation of so many cancers and birth defects. B. It concerns me that so many pesticides are still used in not only crops that end up as produce or that goes into our food and this is why we get our food from Mexico. So even if we are not inhaling these chemicals we are consuming them. C. One of the most important ideas was that DDT was a direct carcinogen and the robin and eagle suffered due to this, both became endangered. They received it down the food chain from worms and fish. This proved that our universe is undeniably
1. A. I was captivated with the way Carson began the book with the imaginary town that had suffered plagues due to pesticides. She then went on to say that these were based off real events that happened all over the country. Also it was fascinating how much Rachel Carson new about carcinogens and the ill effects of pesticides such as cancer and birth defects. This was at a time when this was not a wide spread fact.
B. The protagonists in this novel are nature and the public. They are both innocent and are slowly but surely being hurt by the antagonists which would be the government and the chemical industry which produced DDT and other pesticides.
C. This novel revealed the effects of pesticides on not only nature but on us humans. In nature pesticides were being killed because of the blanket of chemicals that were being released because the people releasing them wanted to get paid more. It was then revealed that super insects were being created because of natural selection, so the strong bugs would survive and go on to produce more resilient bugs. Humans are …show more content…
A. As a reader in 2012 I was able to see how much Rachel Carson made a difference. This is now well known stuff. Almost everyone knows what a carcinogen is, so I had to put myself in 1962- a time when people did not think as much of their health and the affects of DDT. This would have been revolutionary and so enlightening because it offered an explanation of so many cancers and birth defects. B. It concerns me that so many pesticides are still used in not only crops that end up as produce or that goes into our food and this is why we get our food from Mexico. So even if we are not inhaling these chemicals we are consuming them. C. One of the most important ideas was that DDT was a direct carcinogen and the robin and eagle suffered due to this, both became endangered. They received it down the food chain from worms and fish. This proved that our universe is undeniably