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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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    present‚ rather than the future. This becomes a conundrum because in the end other people‚ or things‚ might be negatively affected. Rachel Carson‚ noted biologist‚ published "Silent Spring"‚ a book that pertained to the environment and was written to change American’a attitude toward the environment around us. In "Silent Spring" Carson targets the hostile actions committed towards birds which result in other animals also being negatively impacted. Carson uses an array of rhetorical strategies‚ ranging

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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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    Processing essay: How to cook spring roll If you ask the foreign who has visited Vietnam what their favourite food is you will probably hear the word: “spring rolls”. Spring roll is one of the most delicious traditional foods in Vietnam. Normally‚ Spring roll was made in different ways based on the creativity of each cooker. Basically‚ it is believed that there are 3 steps to make Vietnamese fried spring rolls. Making Vietnamese fried spring rolls begins with the preparation

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    ACCEPTABILITY OF CHILI (CAPSICUM) IN MAKING SPRING ROLLS Comments and Suggestions: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This research study is entitled ACCEPTABILITY OF CHILI (CAPSICUM) IN SPRING ROLLS. Usually to answer what are the standard

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    The excerpt from Silent Spring began by describing a scene we all could recognize: a prosperous farmland‚ with a successful and healthy people inhabiting it. Every detail and description was clear and tangible‚ almost as if the readers could see the scene. This did draw them in‚ but the lack of information found at the end of the piece was able to captivate the readers even more so. At the very end of Carson’s tale‚ we see that the dreary and forlorn town was sprinkled with “a white granular powder

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    environmentalist named Rachel Carson was greatly bothered by this and wrote the book Silent Spring explaining the toxicity of insecticides and their effects on life. Carson explained the effects that insecticides were having on life at that time‚ and the effects that would happen in the future if insecticide use continued. Silent Spring is an important book‚ and has had a big impact on the environment. The main points of Silent Spring were to educate people on the dangers of pesticides‚ to show how pesticides

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    performance of laminated composite leaf springs subjected to cyclic loading This paper deals with replacement of conventional leaf spring with composite leaf spring in automobiles. The dimensions of an existing conventional steel leaf spring of a light commercial vehicle were taken to fabricate the special die‚ which is further used to manufacture the composite leaf spring. A single leaf with constant cross sectional area similar to that of conventional leaf spring in each case such as bidirectional

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    In the eye-opening excerpt from the book Silent Spring‚ by Rachel Carson‚ we are regaled with a tale of an ideal‚ albeit fictional‚ flourishing town that blossomed with vitality. Through descriptive passages and an abundance of detail the author uses the setting and mood to take us on a journey through time as we learn about a prospering town that succumbs to a doomed fate that can only be instated through humans careless actions. The author immediately plunged into descriptive detail in this short

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