Silent Spring is a story about human nature and the way we are treating the environment. The main thesis is about our beautiful world is being corrupted by the government and the chemical industry. In this story Rachel Carson explains about the balance of nature and how it works. Also she gives us information about the effects when using insecticides or weed killers. Then she informs us about the effects of insecticides on nature and how it disrupts the ecosystem. The author’s purpose of the story is that she is trying to inform and persuade the government and the people to help prevent the use of insecticide. According to Lichtenstein, “Carrots absorb more insecticide than any other crop studied; if the chemical used happens to be lindane, …show more content…
An according to the book it said, “Rachel Carson was a realistic, well-trained scientist who possessed the insight and sensitivity,” this prove that Carson has a background knowledge on nature and biology. Also she sourced all her information when she wrote this book and this shows that she didn’t make up the information and that she used information from well-known scientists, biologists, and professors. All things considered I believe this book credibility is mostly correct because she was able to back up all her facts and where she found her …show more content…
In the first couple chapters she explains about the effects of insecticide on the soil, water, and air. For instance, Sunshine State Agric. Research Report said, “One of the most important things to remember about insecticides in soil is their long persistence, measure not in month but in years,” this shows that when the government use insecticides to exterminate an insect these chemical can get into the soil and in stay in the soil for many years before the chemical is gone from the soil. This mean that our crops and foods contains a lot of chemical substances which we eat and it can build up in our body causing us to die. In addition, these insecticides and pesticides also effect water animals or plants too. For example, Jour. Am. Waterworks Assn explained, “Water from a stream draining sprayed cotton fields remained lethal to fishes even after it had passed through a purifying plant, and in fifteen streams tributary to the Tennessee River in Alabama the runoff from fields treated with toxaphene… killed all the fish inhabiting the streams,” this prove the author’s thesis about the destruction of insecticide and how strong the insecticide was. The part that was convincing to the author’s argument is when she informs the people about the harmfulness of insecticides and how it killed many plants, animals, and humans. With all this information