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Rhetorical Analysis Of Rachel Carson's 'Biologist'

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Biologist, Rachel Carson, in her book Silent Springs discusses a growing issue of uneducated individuals harming and even killing various animals. Carson’s purpose is to convey the idea that individuals need to educate themselves before making rash decisions that can affect countless other species. She employs oblivious diction in order to appeal similar feelings and opinions in her environmentalist readers. Rachel Carson initiates her excerpt of Silent Springs by describing in exquisite detail an incident occurring in Southern Indiana which negatively impaired multiple innocent species. She appeals to her caring audience by concluding that the rash crimes committed by the farmers were intended to “eradicate” the creature, purely because the
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