Preview

Silent Spring - Rachel Carson

Powerful Essays
Open Document
Open Document
30108 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Silent Spring - Rachel Carson
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson

Online Information For the online version of BookRags' Silent Spring Premium Study Guide, including complete copyright information, please visit: http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-silentspring/ Copyright Information
©2000-2007 BookRags, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The following sections of this BookRags Premium Study Guide is offprint from Gale's For Students Series: Presenting Analysis, Context, and Criticism on Commonly Studied Works: Introduction, Author Biography, Plot Summary, Characters, Themes, Style, Historical Context, Critical Overview, Criticism and Critical Essays, Media Adaptations, Topics for Further Study, Compare & Contrast, What Do I Read Next?, For Further Study, and Sources. ©1998-2002; ©2002 by Gale. Gale is an imprint of The Gale Group, Inc., a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Gale and Design® and Thomson Learning are trademarks used herein under license. The following sections, if they exist, are offprint from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction: "Social Concerns", "Thematic Overview", "Techniques", "Literary Precedents", "Key Questions", "Related Titles", "Adaptations", "Related Web Sites". © 1994-2005, by Walton Beacham. The following sections, if they exist, are offprint from Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults: "About the Author", "Overview", "Setting", "Literary Qualities", "Social Sensitivity", "Topics for Discussion", "Ideas for Reports and Papers". © 1994-2005, by Walton Beacham. All other sections in this Literature Study Guide are owned and copywritten by BookRags, Inc. No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, Web distribution or information storage retrieval systems without the written permission of the publisher.

Table of Contents

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Satisfactory Essays

    BON Essay Topics

    • 484 Words
    • 2 Pages

    The Book of Negroes English 12 Mrs. Swimm Due: Wednesday December 14 Please chose ONE of the following, and write a literary essay. The essay must be about 1500 – 2000 words. Your essay must be formatted in MLA Format. You DO NOT need a cover page. You must cite the novel only. Your essay will be due: Wednesday December 14h.…

    • 484 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    The Other Wes Moore

    • 1687 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Read The other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore (Warning: This novel contains some explicit language. If this is an issue for you or your child, please contact the English Department Chair at karthur@bcps.org to discuss. An alternate assignment can be created.)…

    • 1687 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Ceremony: A Readers Response Staci Parker Southern New Hampshire University Professor Lorianne DiSabato Because this is a short paper focusing on your application of a particular theory, you do not need to incorporate any outside research into your argument; you should, however, use this assignment as a stepping-stone toward your literary analysis paper by offering an abbreviated version of your (tentative) thesis statement and argument.…

    • 451 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Coming of Age in Mississippi

    • 16769 Words
    • 68 Pages

    ©2000−2005 BookRags, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The following sections of this BookRags Premium Study Guide is offprint from Gale's For Students Series: Presenting Analysis, Context, and Criticism on Commonly Studied Works: Introduction, Author Biography, Plot Summary, Characters, Themes, Style, Historical Context, Critical Overview, Criticism and Critical Essays, Media Adaptations, Topics for Further Study, Compare &Contrast, What Do I Read Next?, For Further Study, and Sources. ©1998−2002; ©2002 by Gale. Gale is an imprint of The Gale Group, Inc., a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Gale and Design® and Thomson Learning are trademarks used herein under license. The following sections, if they exist, are offprint from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction: "Social Concerns", "Thematic Overview", "Techniques", "Literary Precedents", "Key Questions", "Related Titles", "Adaptations", "Related Web Sites". © 1994−2005, by Walton Beacham. The following sections, if they exist, are offprint from Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults: "About the Author", "Overview", "Setting", "Literary Qualities", "Social Sensitivity", "Topics for Discussion", "Ideas for Reports and Papers". © 1994−2005, by Walton Beacham. All other sections in this Literature Study Guide are owned and copywritten by BookRags, Inc. No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, Web distribution or information storage retrieval systems without the written permission of the publisher.…

    • 16769 Words
    • 68 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Kingdom of Matthias

    • 10960 Words
    • 44 Pages

    "Thematic Overview", "Techniques", "Literary Precedents", "Key Questions", "Related Titles", "Adaptations", "Related Web Sites". © 1994-2005, by Walton Beacham.…

    • 10960 Words
    • 44 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    The caged birds

    • 396 Words
    • 2 Pages

    ENG302A American Literature Unit 1 Lesson 13 Unit Test 2008 K12 Inc. All rights reserved.…

    • 396 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Cited: “Character.” The Bedford Introduction to Literature. Ed. Michael Meyer. 8th ed. Boston: Bedford, 2008. 123-43. Print…

    • 1064 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    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.…

    • 674 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Cited: /b><br><li>Kirszner & Mandell, ed. Literature. 3rd ed. Orlando: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1997.<br><li>Magill, Frank. Critical Survey of Short Fiction. California: Salem Press, 1993.<br><li>Salyman, Jack, and Pamela Wilkinson. Major Characters in American Fiction. New York: Henry Holt and Company, Inc., 1994.…

    • 1086 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    So Far from God

    • 1622 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Essay, Research Paper: So Far From God Literature Free Literature essays posted on this site were donated by users and are provided for informational use only. The free essay on this page was not written by our writers and should not be viewed as a sample of our writing service. We are neither affiliated with the author of this essay nor responsible for its content. If you need high quality, fresh and competent research / writing done on the subject of Literature, use the professional writing service offered by our company.…

    • 1622 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Ask the Dust by John Fante

    • 13693 Words
    • 55 Pages

    http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-ask-the-dust/ Copyright Information ©2000-2012 BookRags, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The following sections of this BookRags Literature Study Guide is offprint from Gale's For Students Series: Presenting Analysis, Context, and Criticism on Commonly Studied Works: Introduction, Author Biography, Plot Summary, Characters, Themes, Style, Historical Context, Critical Overview, Criticism and Critical Essays, Media Adaptations, Topics for Further Study, Compare & Contrast, What Do I Read Next?, For Further Study, and Sources.…

    • 13693 Words
    • 55 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster has shown me how to reach true understanding in my future reading of literature and has helped me to reach a new depth in works of literature I have already analyzed. Swimming, seasons, weather and diseases have all taken on more than simply a set scene. Abuse of power over youth or the uneducated is more noticeable. The use of irony is more noticeable. This book has armed me with the ability to recognize political meaning within literary works. Armed newly with this knowledge I reanalyze several novels from my high school career and I learn more about the author as well as the characters who the authors present me with.…

    • 1554 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    This Paper is brought to you for free and open access by the English and Comparative Literary Studies (ECLS) at OxyScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in ECLS Student Scholarship by an authorized administrator of OxyScholar. For more information, please contact cdlr@oxy.edu.…

    • 4805 Words
    • 14 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Literary Perspectives

    • 1379 Words
    • 6 Pages

    English september 8, 2009 Literary Perspectives The following information was excerpted from The Bedford Introduction to Literature, 8th edition, 2079–2098…

    • 1379 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Socrates

    • 650 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Bibliography: " Socrates Biography." CliffsNotes | Literature Study Guides | Test Prep. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Oct. 2013. .…

    • 650 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays