Carson describes the future as unnatural, dangerous, and empty if the war between pesticides and nature continues in order to prompt her readers to appreciate and hold onto the beauty of nature and to take action to end the trend of pesticide use before her descriptions become reality. Carson describes pesticides not as a rare necessity, but as a “universal killer” that will not just stop at destroying minimal wildlife. If America is to continue down the trend of using pesticides, “this ever - widening wave of death [will spread] out.” Pesticides can have horrific outcomes that not even the farmers or companies intend. Carson frightens her audience with the idea that the destructive nature of pesticides is beginning to harm humans. She notes
