Rachel Carson

Together, “The Flight of Rachel Carson” and “Fragments of an Autobiography” encompass the idea of how the passionate struggle and attitude to achieve guarantees influential success beyond a simple want and ambition as noted in the collective determination of the characters Charles Dickens and Rachel Carson.
From “The Flight of Rachel Carson”, the necessary attitude, hardships, and actions are presented through Rachel Carson’s notion that attempts at results yields far greater findings than simply a wish for results. If one obtains a true passion in support of an idea, their actions are their strongest weapon as what one does is far more influential than simply what one believes. This is notable with Rachel Carson; when approached by a correspondent
Success requires both hardships and courage, and because of this, the ideas and potential of millions are wasted simply due to fear, overconfidence, and pessimism overtaking them. While Carson may fail in her attempts to highlight the negative effects of spraying the environment, by making attempts at all, she sets a precedent for others to follow in her footsteps, support her cause, and thus benefit herself. In providing substance for an idea, one greatly influences the people around them who may eventually aid in the influencer’s success as well. Carson, later, did write the novel Silent Spring, a narrative flawlessly describing and arguing her point regarding her view against spraying. As noted by “The Flight of Rachel Carson” essay’s author, Geoffrey Norman, “The research and writing took four years. During that time she was seriously ill...Misfortunes did not stop her. Neither did they rush her. Rachel Carson did not live to see DDT banned or to follow the successes and setbacks of the movement her book launched...But since Silent Spring, the pelicans and the ospreys have returned.” (244 &
Dickens grew up with a troubled adolescence. At a young age, he was forced to work in a blacking warehouse which eventually crushed his dreams of being a learned man. Essentially, Dickens wanted success, yet it was, in its entirety, taken away from him the moment his parents decided his time was better spent in a dead-end job. He, however, frequented places seemingly unfit for his social class, such as the best dining room in Clare Court. While his life was seemingly over, Dickens stayed optimistic and fought with his difficulties by not giving into the belief that he had nowhere to go. Dickens even actively attempted to act better compared to his peers. As written by Dickens himself, “Though perfectly familiar with [the other boys], my conduct and manners were different enough from theirs to place a space between us.” (269). He tried his best to separate himself from those who have essentially given up and soon became as skillful as the others of his blackening warehouse, used his experience at the warehouse to better himself, and later, when the building was torn down, went to revisit it to compare how far he had gone. His experience, while tragic, acted as a makeshift steppingstone for him to overcome, and adapt. Dickens