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Rachel Carson’s “The Obligation to Endure’’, Silent Spring (1962), she mentions, continued use of chemical pesticides will erase mankind if they are continued to be unregulated. She explains how it took millions of years to adapt to changes on earth, but chemicals are doing drastic damage to the world faster than it can adapt. She has one purpose, to inform the public on how our use of chemicals can destroy our planet and us. She is trying to create a relationship with the public in order to…

chose Rachel Carson, I chose Rachel Carson because I wanted to know more about her what she did. Rachel Carson was born on May 27, 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania, Rachel Carson is considered a leader because Rachel Carson stayed true to her research when she faced with Critics and that her words inspired the environmental movement. On April 14, 1964 Rachel Carson died from breast cancer after 2 years of publishing her book "Silent Spring" when she was 56 in Silver Spring, Maryland. Rachel…

Ernest Umandap Ms. Matteson ENGL-1302.02 12 February 2018 A Close Inspection of Rachel Carson’s Report: The use of chemicals as pesticides was not as prominent as it was in the 1960s when it was diligently sprayed by civilians in almost everything. From crops to insects to birds, everything was contaminated with chemicals such as DDT. One certain marine biologist and writer, Rachel Carson, decided to reveal the heavy truth about the effects of chemicals in her book: The Silent Spring (in…

Silent Spring, a book by Rachel Carson, is a book that explains the harmful effects that deadly chemical have on humans and the environment. Carson tries to persuade people to change the way they live. Has Carson succeeded in her attempt to change people’s behavior involving environmental issues? There are many ways that Carson has made changes in how people think about the problem of pesticides, insecticides, and herbicides. You may ask, how is Carson successful in her attempt? Carson has…

After reading Silent Spring, I see even more that humans in years past and today have had a powerful and also negative effect on the natural world that we live in. Rachel Carson mainly argued that pesticides have an adverse effect on our environment. She said that they are properly termed as “biocides” since their effects were hardly limited to targeting the pests. Carson spoke a lot about DDT as a prime example as well as other synthetic pesticides several that are subject to bioaccumulations.…

Question 1. In Rachel Carson’s most influential book, Silent Spring, she addresses the issue of killing insects and other pests with poisonous chemicals in the form of pesticides and insecticides to help produce more crops. The basic thesis in Silent Spring is that the prolonged use of pesticides in uncontrolled amounts is directly responsible for many extreme health hazards and even the death of animals and humans. Carson begins the book with a chapter describing the beauty of an area where…

In the period after WWII, the world had major recovering to accomplish. Our environment needed tremendous work. After WWII, major regions of Europe and Asia lay in ruin. Cities throughout the world burned, and we had to deal with the after effects of an atomic bomb, something that had never been used before, so no one was sure of the aftermath that it would cause. These rallies, which are still continuing today, were both philosophical and social movements. Groups across the United States,…

In this passage from her book, Silent Spring, noted biologist and environmentalist Rachel Carson details the harmful effects of using poisons, specifically parathion, not only on targeted animals, but entire ecosystems. Carson attacks farmers for using pesticides like parathion and argues that agriculturalists must consider the repercussions of ignoring the “universal” killing power of parathion before mindlessly eradicating bothersome animals. To support her central argument, Carson uses the…

The book, “Silent Spring”, by Rachel Carson brings to light the possible harm and ramifications of overusing chemicals that are not fully understood. To fully drive her point home, Carson uses language, ethos, and logos. Carson uses strong language several times in order giver her argument stronger emphasis. At one point she uses the word “evil” to describe pollution. There are very few words that have a more negative connotation than evil. Carson uses this word fairly early in her book,…

This except--by Rachel Carson-- was created in order to persuade readers that pesticides are killers, not humans, but to the whole world. Carson does this through an appeal to nature and an appeal to health. Carson evidently cares a lot about nature and her writing supports it. Her appeal to nature approach is very clear s the passage progresses. She addresses the need for change as she talks about the horrible events that occur with the use of pesticides. Carson uses very descriptive stories…