Critical reading response

In “A Fable for Tomorrow,” Rachel Carson, a professional writer, scientist and ecologist, illustrates in her essay a small town in the heart of America being breathtaking and a site of beauty before the act of man desolate and ruin the environment with pesticides. The town is vibrant, full of life and color with fields of farms, animals and wild life. The author describes the town by seasons as having colors of flames abroad the oak and maple trees in autumn. In fall, foxes and deer travel across the fields and hillsides. During the winter season the roadsides were a vision of beauty. Through the spring season people travel from far to observe the assortment of bird life and fish the streams. The author envisions this perfect town before the “strange blight (pesticides) crept over the area,” (578).
In a sudden transition a feeling of evil and darkness devastated this once so beautiful town. The author describes this darkness as a “strange blight,” (578). Death soared over the farm animals and the community. Abrupt deaths occurred among the adults and even young children. The sickness was expanding over the town. The birds of the town fled the place of sickness. The birds that did remain were deteriorating and could not fly. The fruit trees were blooming, but there were no bees for pollination and soon no fruit or food for the people. Everything in the town was lifeless all because of harmful pesticides that spread through the town. After all this sadness of the town falling apart the author presents with a statement indicating this town does not really exist, but in fact everyone of these tragedies has happened somewhere. The author indicates this tragedy may become a reality if we continue to treat our environment with harmful substances.
The overall impression the author is trying to convey in this essay is to bring to light the harmful effects of pesticides on the environment. The author wanted to express how this may easily happen to us if we continue to