Silent Spring

experiences to learn the same principle. I have found this in my own life. There are some lessons that need to be learned over and over again because we forget them as time goes on. The desert is free from worldly distractions, it is a desolate and silent place, which offers the perfect setting for Santiago to learn and reflect on what has happened to him so far. As he learns to understand and accept every part of the desert, from the sand to the sun, he is able to convince the desert to help…

“Sweat”, a short story by Zora Neale Hurston, is a text about a woman by the name of Delia who is a hardworking wash-woman trying to get out of the abusive relationship with her husband. The story begins with Delia in her home, late on a spring night sorting all the clothes that she has to wash for the next week. Most nights Delia will work late so that she is able to finish all the laundry in time. As she is sorting through the clothes she notices that it is getting late and Sykes, her husband…

How Setting Tells More than Just “Where” Every author and reader alike knows that a great novel uses setting to draw the reader in and create a believable, even if fictional, environment. But what is setting, and how does it work, what can be changed to achieve a certain effect? Setting is the collective term used to describe where and when a story or piece takes place. More often than not the setting of a story plays a crucial role in developing the plot and allows for a level of background…

during the dispute of the two Arguments the Clouds could have warned Strepsaides of the dangers in the Inferior Argument’s teachings. Even afterwards, with the two creditors or after first noticing Pheddippedes change in character. The Clouds stayed silent through all those events and their silence kept Strepsaides hopeful that his circumstance would change towards his favor. Even though Streipsaides will never be the best student for the Pondetorium, he did learn a few arguments from Socrates,…

I open my eyes to bright lights and blank, cold, lifeless walls. As I turn my head I notice the IV in my arm. The slow, steady drip of the medication reminds me of a river. No. More like a mountain stream, alive in the spring, given life by the melting snow. Yet in the summer it is dead, just like I almost was. Then I feel confused, where am I? The nurse walks in and tells me I’ve been here for a week now. It doesn’t feel that way. I feel as if I have just woken up and had to ask where I am and…

The Harry Potter films are one of the biggest and most successful franchises in the world. The eight part film series came to a thrilling and exhilarating end in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two directed by David Yates. The film uses all of its resources, not just acting but cinematography, editing, and music as well, to keep the viewer engaged and at the edge of their seats as the culminating battle of the series unfolds before their eyes. While the film certainly succeeds in…

Sometimes I dream that I am again standing at the pathway of the Burkley house. The chimney billowed with smoke, and the magnolia bushes in full bloom; like they once did in that spring time air which curled around your every movement. I dream of again clomping my over-sized shoes against the ever twisting stone path, catching rain drops and petals in my unkempt hair. I will not lie; I do long for the Burkley house, for the essence of my youth still stays trapped in those lengthy hallways. I…

The controversy around pesticides use! Reading all the different articles in the American Earth book highlighted many important issues and concerned about our society regarding the environment and its impact on our health and the health of the wildlife around us. Though, I can say that the one topic that made me really stop to think and felt that it hits closer to home, was the one about pesticides. After all my dad died 4 years ago because of stomach cancer. What did my dad eat, and how safe…

Overpopulation occurs if the number of people in a group exceeds the carrying capacity of the region occupied by that group. According to Grondona, one of the fundamental questions occurring when thinking about high fertility rates is. “Is an even-increasing population desirable? Is there a limit imposed by environmental carrying capacity?” (Grondona).Nowadays overpopulation is considered to be one of the hotly discussed environmental issues, due to its possible negative outcomes. Many scientist…

while turning away. Looking a bit stunned, he said, “True, but that doesn’t mean I can’t guess! Now I think you’re tapped. You let others make the decisions for you without taking your life into your own hands.” I do not look at him. Instead, I stay silent while. “You want to be set free, but the more you try, the deeper and deeper you are sucked into a world of no escape,” he continues. I stood there with tears filling up in my eyes as I remember how joyless my life is. It was like he was…