Rachel Carson's article "The Obligation to Endure" was published in 1962, from her book "Silent Spring," she tries to reach out and let people know the damage that has and is happening to our planet Earth, to spread her message that pesticides are dangerous, and public safety should be considered. ... Rachel Carson brings valuable information together for the general public and government officials alike with logos, pathos and ethos appeals, to get people to see that change needs to happen, and with her article "The Obligation to Endure" from her book "S...

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The 1960s was a period of growth for the environmental movement. Americans began to develop and embrace a type of ideal that civilization would be happier in greener circumstances. It was the age of the post WWII consumer turmoil, of atomic explosions, leaded gasoline, and the Vietnam War. America...

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The insecticide was used widely and indiscriminately for years until Rachel Carson's publication of the book Silent Spring in 1962 [Kline, 83]. ... Had the American government not reacted to the evidence provided by Silent Spring certain wildlife populations could have been wiped out entirely. ...

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Diction such as "succulent" describes the sensual joys that the meals bring to the men, who are well-deserving of this meal, and "silent serving-man" displays the elegance of men's lives. ... Woolf also utilizes imagery: "Far from being spring was an evening in October." ...

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Albeit it might sound ridiculous, Steinberg also expresses that, "Even in the wake of Rachel Carson's smash hit Silent Spring, Americans in 1963 used about as much cash battling crabgrass with concoction weed controls as they helped the American Cancer Society." ...

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This book is an extension of her work "The Silent Spring, " in which she underlines the dangers of a very harmful pesticide, for which in turn influenced the creation of a new era where technology is questioned on whether it is beneficial or harmful to everyone on earth. ...

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