Throughout “The Obligation to Endure,” there are several reasonable points Carson makes on the dangers of pesticides. However, she lacks enough credible facts and statistics to back those points up. What little facts she does have are drowned over by her harsh and relentless judgements that make themselves evidently known. Her article’s strength is shown in the amount of emotion she puts in with the tone. So much so that it tend to come off cold and unsettling. It would appear as though this argument she poses on us is ultimately a one sided rant. She says, “Nature is locked in a war against man,” and “…human beings have themselves to blame (Carson.)” To me this seeing extreme view of reality and it takes away from the reader trying to develop
