Jossie Brown Roxeanne Lawler English 102-HV 29 January 2013 Silent Spring: Unsilenced In the book Silent Spring‚ marine biologist Rachel Carson describes the devastating effects of pesticides on the environment. The excerpt titled The Obligation to Endure is well written and makes compelling points leading the reader to continue reading and swaying their opinion in favor of the purpose filled and deliberate argument. Carson has one weakness in this excerpt where she switches her writing to
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Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring is one of the most influential books of the 20th century. However‚ people still criticize this book saying that it lead to protest against pesticides. Rachel Carson writes how DDT is toxic to many of the animals‚ especially the birds and can harm them. There is another argument however; DDT kills mosquitoes that carry malaria. Critics argue that this has affected many of the people living in countries like Africa who are majorly affected by malaria and after the ban
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scattered with thousands of lifeless birds. This animal genocide was the shocking reality that stunned millions of Americans worldwide. Rachel Carson‚ a marine biologist and conservationist‚ released the book Silent Spring in order to address the harmful effects of pesticide usage. Silent Spring pointed out long-term consequences of chemical use that far outweighed the immediate benefits. Although Carson’s controversial book was denounced at first by the chemical companies‚ it eventually led to the
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Reading Guide to Carson‚ Silent Spring Reading Guide to Rachel Carson‚ Silent spring / Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. Boston: Houghton Mifflin‚ 1962. (QH545.P4 C38 1962) Read: Chapter 6 (Earth’s Green Mantle) Core Question/Issue: What impacts does manipulation of life bring? The use of herbicide and the ignorance of man. What are the impacts on the manipulation of life? Introduction: The author: Rachel Carson The book: an overview The chapter # Example from text to illustrate
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Silent Spring Busy people trying to get from one place to another not realizing the beauty of our planet just don’t take the extra steps to take care of it. Departments of public works and landscapers build beautiful gardens and work to grow grass in areas‚ not for it to be ruined by mass pollution. The use of pesticide can be helpful‚ however taking a toll on our health. The Toxics Action Center (2015)‚ pesticides are used almost everywhere— not only in agriculture fields‚ but also in buildings
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The book‚ Silent Spring‚ by Rachel Carson is regarded as the most significant environmental novel as it was the start of the environmental movement. This book highlights the human poisoning of the biosphere through chemicals aimed at pests and disease control‚ particularly dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT). DDT pesticides were particularly harmful because as they entered the biosphere‚ they not only killed the bugs but also entered the food chain. DDT accumulated in the fatty tissues of animals
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eradicate or to reduce the expanding range of these organism without considering the true impact of such indiscriminate application of pesticides or herbicides or as Rachel Carson named as “Biocides” (Carson‚ 1962). The book written by Rachel Carson “Silent Springs” was very controversial then and now‚ because the same forces that dominated the use of these dangerous chemicals are present today but under different names and chemicals composition.
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to well-known phrase “the beauty of nature”. Within an excerpt of Silent Spring‚ Rachel Carson asserts that nature has become the state that it is currently that due to mankind . Carson confidently argues through the use of imagery and ethos‚ alongside with the effects the settlers had on nature. She begins by describing the appeal of nature. Carson applies a vivid imagery condensed at the beginning of the excerpt of Silent Spring. Carson states “countless birds came to feed on the berries and on
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The Obligation to Endure is the second chapter from the book Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. Carson presents the persuasive argument that pesticides such as DDT should be kept away from our homes‚ our place of business‚ and our children. In the 1950s and 60s DDT was a very popular pesticide that was commonly used. The hazardous effects were unknown. Carson expresses her founded concerns about the adverse risks and toxicity associated with these pesticides using logical‚ emotional‚ and ethical
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Cara K. Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring Prompt Throughout time‚ American attitudes towards the importance of the environment have lessened. American farmers have begun to use poisons‚ such as parathion‚ which has begun killing animals and humans. Rachel Carson‚ a noted biologist‚ published her novel Silent Spring in 1962‚ in which she illustrates the need for American attitudes towards the environment needing to change‚ through understanding “plain folks”‚ an accusing tone‚ and descriptive imagery
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