Silent Generation

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,…

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…

Silent Spring was a controversial book written by Rachel Carson about the effects of DDT on animals, plants, and even humans. To this day, fifty years later, the book has still received criticism for exaggerating and misinforming the readers about the real effects of DDT. Rachel Carson, while exaggerating information, is correct in her studies of the effects of DDT. Rachel Carson states fairly early on in Silent Spring that when DDT is sprayed in large areas it can easily run in water. DDT is a…

organization. But this often cannot be accomplished without a dedicated and highly passionate team of employees. These employees have different backgrounds and are from different generations, which often proves difficult for managers to understand and could lead to further issues in staffing. There are four recognized generations that are a part of workforce today. Each are distinct in its own character traits, assertiveness towards work, values and KSAOs. It is in these differences we will…

suspense, making the end result that much more chilling. At the beginning of the film, shortly after little Elsie Beckmann is kidnapped by Beckert, her mother’s screams become more and more frantic as she is receiving no response. This fades into silent images of Elsie’s empty plate at the dinner table, her ball rolling to a stop in the yard, and finally the balloon Beckert bought her getting caught in the power line. This allows the viewer to infer what has become of Elsie while simultaneously…

Rather than wading your way into a story, like most films do, Talk to Her dives right in, plunging you deep before you resurface with any idea of what the film entails. In the opening scene, a red curtain is drawn on two women performing on stage, running between chairs blindly. The scene is nothing short of odd, no characters are identified, neither is a plot. However, this is only the beginning. The film plays a ballgame with your emotions, rendering you forced to think about the complexity of…

Another significant aspect of creating a silent movie is its music. Because ‘The Artist’ is mostly a silent movie, music played an important role. As in the interview with the composer by Jason Guerrasio as well as biography of Ludovic Bource, it confirms that the man who was responsible for composing the Oscar-winning soundtrack was not very popular in the industry before. In fact, he only composed for a few different movies, including ‘OSS 117: Rio ne respond pas’ also with Hazanavicious. In…

Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson, was first published in 1962. Silent Spring provided a lyrical account of the impact of overusing pesticides on the environment and human health. The book, along with the reaction to other environmental disasters, such as Love Canal, helped to bring about the environmental revolution. This environmental revolution led to the banning of DDT and similar chemicals to DDT in the US as well as numerous other acts to promote a better environment. It is known that DDT…

The Princess Bride published in 1973, written by William Goldman, contains misogynistic views of women from Americans’ current view, but not necessarily through the eyes of men and women of the early 1970s. Despite the beginning of the women’s rights movement, the early 1970s was an extremely sexist time period compared to 2016. However, the 1970s, compared to previous decades, showed the beginning of women standing up for themselves and society changing for the better, slowly but surely. It is…

into its theatres (289). If the industry had not rushed forward in the sound evolution, the switch from silent to sound film may not have happened for a while with theatres unable to afford the sound equipment. The “Wall Street boom and quick success of the talkies” is what led theatres to readily buy the equipment in the first place (MacGowan 287). The movie industry was advancing from silent films into a new era that produced many great films and stars. Even though most audiences seemed to…