The book‚ Silent Spring‚ by Rachel Carson is regarded as the most significant environmental novel as it was the start of the environmental movement. This book highlights the human poisoning of the biosphere through chemicals aimed at pests and disease control‚ particularly dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT). DDT pesticides were particularly harmful because as they entered the biosphere‚ they not only killed the bugs but also entered the food chain. DDT accumulated in the fatty tissues of animals
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Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring” Silent Spring is widely accepted as helping start the American environmental movement in 1972. Rachel Carson was a well-known author on natural history when Silent Spring was published. The book spearheaded environmental concern and no book since has had the same impact. It begins with a story about a quaint and charming little farm town in pristine Anywhere‚ mid-America and describes wildlife and all the beautiful colors on the countryside. Many people come to
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Ecocritcism. The word that makes you say‚ “what does that mean?” It’s actually a way that authors inform us of the environment and what is happening to it and can be found in many books around the world. A classic book that a person can find this is The Lorax by Doctor Seuss. In the book we have The Lorax‚ a strange creature who speaks for the trees‚ trying to stop a man‚ that goes by the name of The Once-ler‚ from destroying a forest of truffle trees to make a profit by selling Thneeds. The Once-ler
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present‚ rather than the future. This becomes a conundrum because in the end other people‚ or things‚ might be negatively affected. Rachel Carson‚ noted biologist‚ published "Silent Spring"‚ a book that pertained to the environment and was written to change American’a attitude toward the environment around us. In "Silent Spring" Carson targets the hostile actions committed towards birds which result in other animals also being negatively impacted. Carson uses an array of rhetorical strategies‚ ranging
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The excerpt from Silent Spring began by describing a scene we all could recognize: a prosperous farmland‚ with a successful and healthy people inhabiting it. Every detail and description was clear and tangible‚ almost as if the readers could see the scene. This did draw them in‚ but the lack of information found at the end of the piece was able to captivate the readers even more so. At the very end of Carson’s tale‚ we see that the dreary and forlorn town was sprinkled with “a white granular powder
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The Obligation to Endure is the second chapter from the book Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. Carson presents the persuasive argument that pesticides such as DDT should be kept away from our homes‚ our place of business‚ and our children. In the 1950s and 60s DDT was a very popular pesticide that was commonly used. The hazardous effects were unknown. Carson expresses her founded concerns about the adverse risks and toxicity associated with these pesticides using logical‚ emotional‚ and ethical
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to well-known phrase “the beauty of nature”. Within an excerpt of Silent Spring‚ Rachel Carson asserts that nature has become the state that it is currently that due to mankind . Carson confidently argues through the use of imagery and ethos‚ alongside with the effects the settlers had on nature. She begins by describing the appeal of nature. Carson applies a vivid imagery condensed at the beginning of the excerpt of Silent Spring. Carson states “countless birds came to feed on the berries and on
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The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 abolished slavery in the United States. However‚ before this proclamation was put into action‚ slaves would attempt to escape their dark lives by running to the Free states up north. Many were successful including Frederick Douglass‚ a well-known former slave‚ who recounts his escape in the given passage. Douglass skillfully controls language‚ including figurative language and syntax‚ to relay his emotions after the draining journey to readers. Douglass often
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The Liberating Power of Music In his autobiography "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ An American Slave‚” Frederick Douglass uses various rhetorical techniques to illustrate how slaves use music as a form of expression of their sorrow and grief. He describes how music‚ more specifically in the form of singing‚ liberates the deep despair and anguish of his subjugated people. Music is typically seen an expression of joy and satisfaction‚ however‚ through his own personal experience Douglass
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1. Link in a new tab: Josue just finished working on this. I tested and it seems to be working. 2. TopHat: about the TopHat (image background on the top bar) it is not mobile friendly currently. Do we still work on setting this up? Or we wait Brent to work with the developer to make it mobile friendly? 3. Carol Kingston: I sent her a email about her article. Seems to be ok. She is said she wrote it based on her classroom experience so she was surprised to se this. But is able to rewrite her article
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