Name Instructor Environmental Studies and Forestry Date Silent Spring by Rachel Carson – Review Silent Spring is a widely-read environmental book published on September 27‚ 1962‚ by Houghton Mifflin. Rachel Carson‚ a renowned environmentalist‚ wrote this book to express her concerns over the human abuse of the environment. In this work‚ Carson vividly expresses and documents how the use of pesticides in agriculture indiscriminately affects the natural environment. She primarily focuses on how
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Silent Spring Rachel Carson Penguin Books in Association with Hamish Hami‚ 2000 1 336pp.‚ £9.99‚ ISBN-10: 0141184949 “The sedge is wither’d from the lake‚ and no birds sing.” I was pleasantly surprised when I firstly opened the title page of Silent Spring. This line of John Keats’s La Belle Dame sans Merci which is one of my favourite poetries seems to be a poetic description of the theme of the book. However‚ unlike the artistic conception of sadness created by the poet in that ballad‚ “no
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contents Introduction 1 Main body 1 Environmental Problems in Rachel Carson’s Article 1 Overconsumption in David Suzuki’s Article 2 Solutions of the Problems 4 Conclusion 5 References 6 Introduction In this essay‚ the author will discuss on the theme of ecological crisis caused by over consumption and pollutions reflected in Rachel Louise Carson’s and David Suzuki’s articles. Firstly‚ environment problems in Rachel Louise Carson are A fable for tomorrow will be discussed. Secondly‚ the
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Essay Dangerous insecticidal practices run rampant across the United States‚ and no one is doing a single thing to stop them. Rachel Carson published an infamously controversial book hailed as Silent Spring in1962 in which she tries to convince her audience that it is their civic duty as human beings to prevent unreasonable pesticide methods from ever taking place. Carson denounces the simple act of farming by backing up her argument with literary prose and scientific facts. Carson’s implementation
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I have read excerpts from two texts. An informational text titled ‘The Sea Around Us’ by Rachel Carson‚ and a literature text titled ‘Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea’‚ by Jules Verne. In both excerpts there are many descriptions of the ocean. Many people debate whether details are described more vividly in informational text‚ or in literature. I feel the ocean was described more vividly in the excerpt from the literature text ‘Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea’. I believe the ocean
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A female marine biologist and environmentalist named Rachel Carson wrote The Sea Around Us in 1951‚ which ended up in her winning a National Book award for a Non-fiction book and a John Burroughs award the following year. In this book she covers a wide range of topics involving our oceans in three parts. The first part‚ titled Mother Sea‚ Rachel Carson describes the history of how the seas formed‚ life on the surface and near the floor of the ocean‚ how the sea changes with the seasons‚ how islands
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eagle’s population status changed? The population had increased greatly. 4. When was the bald eagle removed from the Endangered Species List? August 9‚ 2007 the bald eagle was removed from the Endangered Species List. 5. Since the publication of Rachel Carson’s book‚ Silent Spring in 1962‚ what laws have been enacted that have helped bald eagles recover? Since 1962 the Bald and Golden eagle protection act came out ‚ making hunting bald eagles illegal. 6. Name some other bird species that have
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Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring is one of the most influential books of the 20th century. However‚ people still criticize this book saying that it lead to protest against pesticides. Rachel Carson writes how DDT is toxic to many of the animals‚ especially the birds and can harm them. There is another argument however; DDT kills mosquitoes that carry malaria. Critics argue that this has affected many of the people living in countries like Africa who are majorly affected by malaria and after the ban
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Throughout Silent Spring‚ Carson describes how DDT entered the food chain and built up inside animals causing cancer and other damage. The Center for Disease Control (2009) states people are most likely exposed to DDT from foods‚ including meat fish‚ and dairy products. Once entered the body‚ the Center for Disease Control (2009) explains‚ DDT is converted into several breakdown products called metabolites‚ including the metabolite dichlorodiphenyldichloroethene (DDE). Carson wanted to make the point
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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
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