"No witchcraft, no enemy action had silenced the rebirth of new life in this stricken world. The people had don't it themselves." (Carson 151)
The quote above described a hypothetical country that collapsed upon itself. Carson directly adds counterparts that relate this country vaguely to the United States. It describes a town that strived greatly but was followed by a great ecological problem because they did not appreciate the earth but rather looked at it as a resource. Carson expands on the idea by suggesting the U.S could fall victim of this same fate. I agree completely and Carson does an extremely good job of describing this barren land.
"The most alarming of all man's assaults upon the environment is the contamination of air, earth, rivers and sea with dangerous and even lethal materials." (Carson 153)
This quote brings to light the morbid truth that we are contaminating just about every single natural source on earth. Nothing is safe the air is receiving approved chemical trails from jet planes. Sea water is constantly polluted with trash and oil from recreational boats. Rivers get pollutants dumped into them deemed safe only later to be realized as the reason for a magnitude of destruction in fish population. The times that we live in are ones of great uncertainty due to the complete lack of respect for our earths natural gifts.
"Can anyone believe that it is possible to lay down such a barrage of poisons on the surface of the earth without making it unfit for life? They should not be called insecticides but biocides." (Carson 155)
This quote might of been my favorite through out the entire reading. The reality is that we are spraying just about everything we eat with poison. This poison not only kills the bad bugs but those that serve a purpose and basically anything that is unlucky enough to be caught in the fumes such as birds. We are contaminating our food and by doing this we are contaminating animals around us. Carson does a good job of simply presenting such a complex issue for those who might not have any knowledge to still be able to understand.
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Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 1990. Print.
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