Tuesday, March 6, 2012

A Fable for Tomorrow


Page 370.  The general argument made by Rachel Carson in her work A Fable for Tomorrow is that if humankind is not careful, we could lose all the beauty around us.  More specifically, Carson suggests that no one can take this beauty from us, but ourselves.  She writes, “No witchcraft, no enemy action had silenced the rebirth of new life in this stricken world.  The people had done it themselves” (p. 371).  In this passage, Carson I suggesting that unless society starts to take better care of the earth, all of the beautiful things we enjoy could simply disappear and we wouldn’t know what to do to get them back.  In conclusion, it is Carson’s belief that we need to take care of the earth we live in to enjoy it’s beauty.
            In my view, Carson is right because no one is going to take care of the earth or destroy the earth except for our society because we are the ones that make decisions to either help or harm the earth.  For example, we can help the earth by either carpooling or riding our bikes more often instead of buying and driving inefficient fueled vehicles that cause carbon monoxide poisoning in the air.  Although Carson might object that it’s not too late to turn back from this point, I maintain that if everyone starts making healthier decisions for our earth, we can turn back and make the earth a better place.  Therefore, I conclude that making the earth a better place for everyone, including the earth itself, should be everyone’s number one priority because without the earth, we couldn’t survive.

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