I. Introduction a. Background information parathion and use of pesticides in the 1950-1960s b. Information about the environmental movement that happened after the book was published THESIS: In the excerpt from Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, she states that the use of spraying pesticides is not worth the damage done because of the poison's widespread damage to nature and farmers' ignorance to the dangerous effects parathion has on humans and their worker's lives. II. Body Paragraph 1 a. Carson…
As people become more involved in their own affairs, they often overlook just how vulnerable nature really is. In 1962, marine biologist Rachel Carson became enraged with how the environment was treated and released a book named Silent Spring, which addressed the harmful effects of pesticides and would also completely revolutionize how people thought about the environment, causing the start of environmentalism, a movement in which people seek to protect and improve the natural environment. In…
On March 9, 2016, Rachel Warris, a 40-year-old Allentown woman was convicted of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person under 16 years old, statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors and indecent assault. The boy was a friend of Warris’ son who often visited her home to play. Now 14, the boy described to the court that Warris performed oral sex on him while he was over at her house. Warris denied these charges but did admit that she did jokingly flash the boy and her son her…
textbook, Rachels argues that people require humility and the understanding of where they stand in the universe. He believes that we should treat people the way they deserve to be treated and that we should hope these actions are reciprocated onto us. He believes that there are multiple strategies in finding where we are in life, such as comparing one’s life to that of other’s. We must know that we are not alone in this world and that we have an obligation in taking care of others. Rachels…
Speaking up and exposing issues are two of the most important acts that a person can do in order to solve a problem. Rachel Carson was an excellent example of this when she released her book, “Silent Spring.” Carson exposed a popular pesticide used in farms, (Bell and Ashwood 2016). This pesticide poisoned birds, which decreased their population. If this happened to the…
The hit show friends has a diverse cast that thought the many seasons that it aired went through many of the concepts and theories that we have been studying and developing in our tool kit over the past couple of weeks. The show is about six friends and how that group of very strange and funny people live life in one of the most culturally diverse places in not just America but also the entire world, New York City. Each character brings a different personality to the show that gives the watcher…
Analysis of the Movie “Mean Girls” using Compliance Gaining Strategies and Nonverbal/Verbal theories In the movie ”Mean Girls”, many different communication behaviors appear in the movie whether it may be verbally or nonverbally this film portrays many of the interpersonal communications behaviors. This film is a satirical and comical movie portraying a high school with the typical “mean girls” clique and the other cliques for example the jocks, the nerds, the prep and more created in high…
In the movie called, “The Mean Girls” there is a character named Cady Heron. Cady Heron just moved to the United States from Africa. She has been homeschool her whole life and she was starting a new high school. In high school, Ms. Heron has to deal with teenage life that run socially by a group of artificial girls called, “The Plastics.” As the story goes on, Cady Heron winds up becoming the plastic’s queen of sorts and is dethroned by the old queen, when all of the students find out what these…
Biography of Rachel Maddow Background She was born on April 1, 1973 and her birth place name is Castro Valley, California. She was born to parents called Robert B. Bob and Elaine Maddow. She was an active girl from her child days. She has been living with her partner, Susan Mikula in Manhattan and western Massachusetts. They started dating from 1999 and made their first appointment from the National Rifle Association, where the couple enjoyed their first date. Maddow mentioned in her interview…
An Indubitably Influential Individual “You tell a lie often enough and people will believe you,” (Abdul-jabbar 26). Coming up as a civil rights activist, Rachel Dolezal was and still continues to be an expert on all things African American. She attended Howard University, a historically black school, for a graduate degree and went on to lecture at Eastern University in the Africana Studies program on the history of black woman and hair. Following up her education, she became the leader of the…