The dry dead leafs crush beneath ones feet and a world away the loving breeze cools the mystical forest. Each individual experiences nature in my different ways, wither there is hail or sunshine. Our world, however, has lost some of its beauty and some feel that an assault on our home soil is necessary to survival. There is indeed no doubt that man has changed the forces of the earth, yet it is for the better for the human race; or so one may think. Edward O. Wilson felt the crisp dry dead leafs and also found himself in the mystical forest, however, when he left the battlefield of earth was lost to man. Similarly Rachel Carson noted a change in the physiology of earth and unveiled a silent biological warfare. Throughout humanity’s vast timespan people have been admiring the landscape, as a place of beauty and to some a place to dominate. It is this principle struggle that one shall examine through the control, the epic battle and the mechanism of environmental warfare.
One of the key differences between Wilson’s and Carson’s views on nature, is the question of who is in control. Wilson paints a beautiful picture that …show more content…
Though Wilson may have agreed with Carson the story he presented, still gave hope and never mentioned that all life shall die. He stated, “the battlefield the rainforest finally lost.” (Wilson, 240) this gives a modular sense, that there may still be more ground that the earth has a chance of recovering, a redeeming factor that makes life still possible. Wilson also spoke about the “reflections from the eyes of the wolf spiders on the prowl… how could so many exist in such numbers.” (Wilson, 238) this description of life and the abundance of it is quite the contrary to Carson 's writing. Carson does not mention the thriving of life or the abundance she only insists that the soil is infertile and it is very hard for plants to
One of the key differences between Wilson’s and Carson’s views on nature, is the question of who is in control. Wilson paints a beautiful picture that …show more content…
Though Wilson may have agreed with Carson the story he presented, still gave hope and never mentioned that all life shall die. He stated, “the battlefield the rainforest finally lost.” (Wilson, 240) this gives a modular sense, that there may still be more ground that the earth has a chance of recovering, a redeeming factor that makes life still possible. Wilson also spoke about the “reflections from the eyes of the wolf spiders on the prowl… how could so many exist in such numbers.” (Wilson, 238) this description of life and the abundance of it is quite the contrary to Carson 's writing. Carson does not mention the thriving of life or the abundance she only insists that the soil is infertile and it is very hard for plants to