Compare And Contrast Carson And George Orwell
The Extent of Control
Our everyday society is comprised of two types of people: the oppressors and the oppressed. Whether acquiring authority over other humans or raging over the negatively viewed life forms, humans would travel to an immense scale in order to gain complete control. Both George Orwell and Rachel Carson question the extent of human control and the negative impacts placed on various repressed lives.
Eric Blair, also known as George Orwell, was a notable author who was prominent for his opposition against human injustice and the totalitarian systems. Before becoming a writer, Orwell was a youthful imperial policeman in India during the control of the British Raj. Throughout the duration of his stay, he had to witness ineffable, cruel things that the British enforcers thrust upon the exploited who were the Burmese. However, he also had to face the hideous taunts of the indigenous civilians. Without a clue of the inevitable demise of the British Empire, he was stuck between “between his hatred of the empire he served and his rage against the evil-spirited little beasts who tried to make his job impossible” (Orwell 285). In the end, Orwell’s view was just a part of the bigger …show more content…
Humans should realize the damage they cause which can affect them in negative ways possible. Nature has a variety of aesthetic forms and man has a passion for altering as well as destroying it. One example shown is the placement of the elm tree on the streets of United States. The citizens thought that they created the beauty of nature, but instead, there was complete destruction caused by a disease carried by the beetles on the trees (Carson 87). These beetles became their foes because there was a built-up large population that spread from tree to tree since the elms were the only type of trees planted around the
Our everyday society is comprised of two types of people: the oppressors and the oppressed. Whether acquiring authority over other humans or raging over the negatively viewed life forms, humans would travel to an immense scale in order to gain complete control. Both George Orwell and Rachel Carson question the extent of human control and the negative impacts placed on various repressed lives.
Eric Blair, also known as George Orwell, was a notable author who was prominent for his opposition against human injustice and the totalitarian systems. Before becoming a writer, Orwell was a youthful imperial policeman in India during the control of the British Raj. Throughout the duration of his stay, he had to witness ineffable, cruel things that the British enforcers thrust upon the exploited who were the Burmese. However, he also had to face the hideous taunts of the indigenous civilians. Without a clue of the inevitable demise of the British Empire, he was stuck between “between his hatred of the empire he served and his rage against the evil-spirited little beasts who tried to make his job impossible” (Orwell 285). In the end, Orwell’s view was just a part of the bigger …show more content…
Humans should realize the damage they cause which can affect them in negative ways possible. Nature has a variety of aesthetic forms and man has a passion for altering as well as destroying it. One example shown is the placement of the elm tree on the streets of United States. The citizens thought that they created the beauty of nature, but instead, there was complete destruction caused by a disease carried by the beetles on the trees (Carson 87). These beetles became their foes because there was a built-up large population that spread from tree to tree since the elms were the only type of trees planted around the