Silent Spring

1. Introduction In 1962, the famous book – “Silent Spring” written by American marine biologist Rachel Carson evoked a public sense of environmental crisis. The complexity of environmental issues determines that the compulsory measures alone are not enough. The “government failure” on environmental issues let us realize that the role of environmental protection can 't just be the environmental protection department. The solution of the environmental problem still needs to depend on the…

In 1962, noted biologist Rachel Carson published her book Silent Spring that told of the different effects poisons, such as parathion, have on the ecosystem. Soon after being published, her book gained the attention of the American public and helped to transform their attitudes towards the environment. In the excerpt Carson advocates for the ban of parathion by describing the farmers’ use for the poison as warlike, by faulting the ignorant public, and the negligent government for the poison’s…

Rachel Carson had many great reasons for writing the book Silent Spring. The main theme of the book was to prove the effects of the careless spraying and dusting of people, crops, fields, and forests with harmful chemicals in the mid 1900s. This book was published in 1962, so a lot of the “new” advancements and findings are outdated as of 2015, however this book marks the important history of what happened when humans interfered with nature by using chemicals, and how that affected the…

certain consequences. In 1962, when Rachel Carson released her book Silent Spring, she exposed pesticides’ harmful effects on the environment, stirring up major controversy on pesticide use and igniting the environmental movement. Known as the most efficient way to improve crop profit, pesticides were later placed on strict restrictions, and the pesticide DDT was banned. Although opposed by many chemical companies, Silent Spring is regarded as one of the greatest scientific books of all time,…

published to expose these hidden downsides. Two of the most prominent of these novels were “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair, a melancholy and empathetic commentary on the meat-packing industry, and the lives of those who were forced to work in it, and “Silent Springs” by Rachel Carson, which sought to expose the harmful nature of insecticides. Both of these writings utilize elements of speech such as ethos, pathos, and logos to convince their audience of the issues presented by these new aspects…

Written in 1962, Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was one of the most influential texts of the environmental movement in the 1960’s and on. The book reported the adverse effects of pesticides in the environment and what our society could do to dampen the flame. Carson divided her book into seventeen chapters, each of which is an independent essay of its own, nonetheless the chapters fuse together to create a continuous non-fiction novel. In the first chapter, Carson provides the reader with a…

The book I will be reviewing is called ‘Silent Spring’ by Rachel Carson discussing the use of pesticides and why it’s so bad for not only plants but us too. Carson’s main goal is to tell us of the hidden dangers pesticides have on our ecosystem. Carson her main argument is that pesticides are way to lethal to be used and provides examples of how the use of pesticides can easily get out of hand and harm all living organisms. In the beginning of her book, Carson describes a town in the heart of…

The 20th century was a tumultuous time of scientific advances that greatly affected how society lives currently. In 1962, Rachel Carson published Silent Spring on the topic of the changing environment. Through emphasizing damage already done to the environment, providing alternatives to using objects that harm the environment, and placing accusation on an anonymous powerful figure instead of the common American, Rachel Carson argues for her readers to protect the environment themselves instead…

legal issues presented in property and water law even more so. One thing that I did not bring though was an informed appreciation for just how complicated these issues were. Issues seemed so black and white, so right and wrong when we were reading Silent Spring in my environmental class. Of course DAT was terrible, and of course we needed to protect Yosemite. I never really stopped to appreciate that people opposed John Muir and…

Rose was relaxing at her favourite spot in the country, sitting under the big willow tree. She observed the snowdrop flowers that popped through the moist earth in the early spring. Watching the bubbling brook that wound its way through the field, past patches of lavender while she listened to the birds singing their songs of spring. Her dirty blonde hair blew in the breeze and her young green eyes shone brightly. She had never shown her special place to anyone. As far as she knew, no one else…