Used Many Beautiful Roadsides And Lands example essay topic

The following quote "The sedge is with'd from the lake, And no birds sing", (Keats) seems like a very simple sentence with no meaning to it. However, after reading Chapter 6 of Silent Spring, I realized how loaded the comment is with meaning. The quote is describing humans and how humans treat the plants here on earth. The quote describes a scene where humans continue to destroy plants because they feel that they are in the way or that the plants are not appealing to look at. However, the plants that humans kill each day with chemicals and pesticides end up ruining the complete area and stripping it of the natural beauty of the land. The situation cannot be fair when chemicals are used.

Humans today expect that when they kill a plant then that is the end of it and all is fair. This cannot be more wrong according to this quote. When you kill one thing many others will die along with it. In Chapter 6 of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring Carson tells of how after chemicals are used many beautiful roadsides and lands were destroyed and the edges along rivers and were destroyed also which left animals without food and water. The first part of the quote is describing this. "The sedge is with'd from the lake" is another way of showing the destroying of plants.

The sedge that was with'd in the quote has been stripped of its natural beauty. This was caused by chemicals used along this lake to kill the plants that were unattractive to the eye according to the land owner. The second part of the quote "and no birds sing" is describing the consequence of killing those plants. Once there were animal life along this lake. Birds sang and took baths in it. When chemicals were used, the lake became contaminated and along with that the birds left that area.

In the Chapter, Carson describes a situation like this. It was a situation where sage was destroyed. When this happened the animals that used this sage slowly went along with it. The quote "and no birds sing" is telling of after the area was damaged by chemicals and the sedge was with'd, the animals that adapted there also felt with'd and damaged so they left. This left the area without birds singing. Carson writes about the beauty of the land and plants.

She also tells the uses of these so called "weeds" and why they should not be destroyed by chemicals. Carson tells of a way that when the plants need to be removed, they can be removed safely without affecting the land around it the way that chemicals do. Carson does not feel that there is hope for our future. The quote I chose to use tells of no hope either. The quote is telling that this is what happens when chemicals are used.

In the world today more and more chemicals are being produced to kill off certain plants. Today's knowledge of chemicals is increasing and each day more people are replaced with the work of machines. These machines make it easy to spread the chemicals across the land and can only do harm in this situation of our environment. Increasing pollution of these chemicals are also destroying the ozone. When there are other ways to rid land of these plants in an area, why should very harmful chemicals be used? I know the answer to this.

The world today lives a life where knowledge and less manual labor means better. Although this is the wrong way to look at the beauty and helpfulness of the environment, popple still do. I think that the authors of the quotes are right in being pessimistic. I feel that in the book Carson is also pessimistic about the future of our environment by the feeling she displays in her writing. Everyone in the world should be pessimistic about the environment. Yes, you may not live long enough to see what the total outcome of all these chemicals are, but your children will and their children will.

The situation only gets worse over time. If chemicals are continued to be created and used, the generations to come may not see the beauty that we see now. We do not even see the beauty of the land that once was seen many years before chemicals were invented to be used on plants. The tourist sites may no longer be there. However, not that many people think about that now. Carson work is important for many reasons.

Her work along with many others that write literature inform the reading public of the actions being taken to destroy the natural uses of the land. We should all be aware of these problems because they will not stop automatically. If anything, the problems will increase, leaving our earth stripped of the beauty and natural resources that were made on it. When people read environmental literature, many are persuaded to do something about the damage being done. One voice is not always heard, if ever. But many voices can make a difference.

This is why their work is out there. To save and keep it safe and beautiful and resourceful is what is intended by these writings.