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    disrespectfully without a single word. Unless one of them who looked like their leader appeared out of nowhere and said: “What are you doing interfering in others' belongings?” All of us stared at him amazed about hearing him speaking in English. My friend Rachel replied saying: “One of us found a paper that shows your project about eradicating the Earth, so we came to find it and warn other human beings.” All of those creatures were shocked of what they heard. Their boss replied: “Destroying Earth plan? What

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    Cady is the 16-year-old self-taught little girl of zoologist guardians. They have come back to the United States in the wake of dwelling in Africa for a long time for their exploration. Her first companions in the school, Janis and Damien help her to conform with the school environment. She is cautioned to stay away from the school's most well known gathering, the Plastics, the gathering with Regina George as the pioneer, Gretchen and Karen. The Plastics appreciate Cady, welcoming her to sit with

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    In the movie The Notebook first released in 2004 that features actor Ryan Gosling and actress Rachel McAdams; Internet Movie DataBase (IMDB) best describes the plot by saying, “A poor yet passionate young man falls in love with a rich young woman, giving her a sense of freedom, but they are soon separated because of their social differences” (IMBd)

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    Heralded on the fiftieth anniversary addition’s cover as “the classic that launched the environmental movement,” Rachel Carson’s opus Silent Spring examines the impact of man-made chemical pest control substances on the environment during the 1950s. Carson references an extensive bibliography of empirical research to back up testimonials and a great deal of qualitative data she uses to flesh out her book. Silent Spring begins by describing the devastating effects of chemical poisons with a bleak

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    them in their growth as a human being in society. This is no different for Rachel Cameron, the principal character in Margaret Laurence’s A Jest of God. Throughout the text, Rachel has many people in her life that affect her in many ways. Three key people who alter Rachel’s character into the woman she becomes at the end of the book are her mother, Calla Mackie, and Nick Kazlik. Each of them has their own unique effect on Rachel, some effects being for the better, and others less so. First and foremost

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    Rachel Carson’s book, Silent Spring, a book that is often viewed as a landmark work of environmental writing, was the result of several different events that caused her to pay attention to the results of the use of different pesticides to control insect populations in America following World War II. In her book she discusses the different kinds of chemicals our governments have been using and the damage they have all been proven to be causing to the environment, animals, and of course, humans. She

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    Teenager Cady Heron was educated in Africa by her zoologist parents. After 12 years of being in Africa, her family moves back to the United States, in the suburbs of Illinois. Cady is unprepared for her first day of public high school, but with the help of Janis and Damien she learns about various cliques. Janis and Damien warn her to avoid the school’s most exclusive clique, the trio of girls called the Plastics led by Regina. Of course, the Plastics take interest in Cady and invite her to go shopping

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    In biologist Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring (1962), she suggests that Americans should stop using parathion and other harmful chemical agents. Carson uses cause and effect, a metaphor, and connotative diction to assert her point. She writes to a general audience in a passionate tone. Carson describes the unnecessary cruelty of American farmers to innocent animals and people in order to change Americans’ attitude toward the environment. Carson begins by presenting the farmer’s selfish murdering

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    of what is humane and what isn’t, plagues our world and easily influences what our society needs. The war on chemicals sparks a stimulating debate, which is splitting our populace directly down the middle. In the environmental book, Silent Spring, Rachel Carson presents a one-sized argument in which she states that pesticides are one of the roots of environmental ruin. Carson deeply advocates the control over pests by limiting the use of pesticides, which she is truly certain that the chemicals are

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    As a result of one of her friends writing a letter describing the death of birds after she sprayed her property with DDT to control mosquitos and several other events, Rachel Carson began to pay attention to the results of pesticides that are used to control insects in America. In her book, Silent Spring (1962), marine biologist and conservationist Rachael Carson examines the effects of the use of pesticides on the environment, particularly on birds. Her purpose of the book is to inform the reader

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