things‚ and is a good role model. Rachel Carson is an honorable person because she advanced the global environmental movement through her writings and that is a good thing. She influenced a lot of people in the 20th century. Rachel Carson was born in 1907 and grew up on a farm. She loved exploring the farm and developed a great passion for nature. She became a devoted writer and her first story was published in the St. Nicholas Magazine when she was 11. Carson graduated in 1925 at the top of her
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THE MARGINAL WORLD The edge of the sea is a place in which wave‚ by wave had broken against the land‚ and where the ocean never rests‚ never stops‚ it is always in constant movement‚ it is always changing‚ and the ebb tide knows extreme parts of the world‚ and it is exposed to different temperatures. Living in there‚ in the shore‚ is difficult for animals only the most hardly and adaptable of them can survive‚ but there is a variety of species in there‚ there are also deep in the sand‚ were they
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Rachel Carson wrote the book‚ Silent Spring‚ to introduce the issues with pesticides. Carson’s main argument in the chapter‚ The Obligation to Endure‚ is that pesticides do not put an end to the insect problems. Pesticides are human’s invention to bring an end to pest issues. However‚ pesticides not only have limited success‚ but also worsen the situation. Pesticides kill the insects‚ but insects grow to be immune to the chemicals. Hence‚ scientists have to make stronger and more harmful pesticides
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thanks to the work of many environmentalists all around the world from the present day‚ the world may be able to recover from all its injuries caused by the insatiable human race. Rachel Carson’s book “Silent Spring”‚ which spurred the environmental movement‚ helped raise awareness for the environment‚ warn humans of the dangers of using pesticides such as DDT‚ preserve several plant and animal species‚ and make the atmosphere cleaner Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring‚ which was published in 1962‚ was
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influence their readers and persuade them to change their behavior towards the environment. Authors are writing stories and books‚ using negative points that try to change peoples behaviors about hurting the environment. In The Silent Spring‚ Rachel Carson (1962) uses an example from paragraph three that states‚ “Then a strange blight crept over the area and everything began to change.” This example is used to show that changes are being made to the earth by a strange change of disaster. Another
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Silent Spring Rachel Carson Online Information For the online version of BookRags’ Silent Spring Premium Study Guide‚ including complete copyright information‚ please visit: http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-silentspring/ Copyright Information ©2000-2007 BookRags‚ Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The following sections of this BookRags Premium Study Guide is offprint from Gale’s For Students Series: Presenting Analysis‚ Context‚ and Criticism on Commonly Studied Works: Introduction‚ Author Biography
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say‚ environmentalist Rachel Carson sought to get behind the mystery that was pesticide use in America. She saw through the chemical companies’ lies‚ and with the use of her book‚ strove to end their deathly practices. Silent Spring voiced her opinion over the catastrophic consequences of this chemical abuse and could be considered the prime factor that led to the ignition of regulation programs‚ such as the Environmental Protection Agency. In her infamous publication‚ Carson questions the harmful
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and love for nature has declined as we face modernization and turn to technology before we consider nature. The precedence placed on nature that generations before us possessed has been replaced with social media‚ and the ability to have most of the world at our fingertips. The loss of importance that nature plays in our social environments has lead to deforestation‚ global warming‚ and the declining concern for the lives of the average animals. In Carson’s “Silent Spring” she criticizes farmers and
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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 was born on May 27‚ 1907 in Springdale‚ Pennsylvania. She grew up with abig appreciation for nature because her mom liked nature. She got a degree in Biology fromPennsylvania College for Women and a degree in Zoology from Johns Hopkins University. Sheworked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. She was known as a very good nature writer andwrote a lot of books about the living world and the ocean. She died in 1964 after a long fightwith breast cancer.In 1947‚ Time Magazine said that
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