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Silent Spring Comparison Essay

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The stories we have read, “If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth…” and “Silent Spring”, written by Arthur C. Clarke and Rachel Carson, respectively, have many similarities and difference. An example of their differences would be the setting. “If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth…” is set on the moon, looking down the ruins of earth after a damning nuclear war reffered to as Armageddon. “Silent Spring” is set in a fictional town with a bountiful array of life ranging from pigs to flowers to trees and people which is then dessimated by the consequences of human actions. These stories are also different in the fact their themes. “Silent Spring” has an everpresent notion of not taking what you have for granted. On the other hand “If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth…” leans

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