“A Fable for Tomorrow,” by Rachel Carson, is about a mid-western town that, at one point in time, is full of life and vegetation begins to show the havoc humans cause by trying to make things easier on themselves. In her fable, the problem humans bring upon themselves is caused by using pesticides and herbicides to make crop growing easier. Trying to make things easier caused many problems with the life of the vegetation, the animals, and even with the humans.
The vegetation, once so beautiful, turned to nothing by the use of the pesticides and herbicides; "Along the roads, laurel, viburnum and alder, great ferns and wildflowers, {is a delight to} the traveler's eye through much of the year"(367). Without much warning, the vegetation took a drastic downfall. At the end of Rachel's fable she says, "The roadsides, once so attractive, {are} now lined with browned and withered vegetation as though swept by fire." The humans completely destroyed the vegetation, but that was only one of the many things destroyed. …show more content…
At the beginning, "foxes barked in the hills and deer silently crossed the fields"(367), but by the end, "mysterious maladies {are sweeping} the flocks of chickens"(368) and "the cattle and sheep {were becoming sick and dying}"(368). Without realization, the humans were beginning to destroy their livestock. Not only did it affect their livestock, but also the entire community around them. The countryside, being "famous for the abundance and variety of its bird life,"(368) now "only silence lay over the fields and woods and marsh"(368). Now the humans have affected both vegetation and animal life, but they have also affected more than just the
The vegetation, once so beautiful, turned to nothing by the use of the pesticides and herbicides; "Along the roads, laurel, viburnum and alder, great ferns and wildflowers, {is a delight to} the traveler's eye through much of the year"(367). Without much warning, the vegetation took a drastic downfall. At the end of Rachel's fable she says, "The roadsides, once so attractive, {are} now lined with browned and withered vegetation as though swept by fire." The humans completely destroyed the vegetation, but that was only one of the many things destroyed. …show more content…
At the beginning, "foxes barked in the hills and deer silently crossed the fields"(367), but by the end, "mysterious maladies {are sweeping} the flocks of chickens"(368) and "the cattle and sheep {were becoming sick and dying}"(368). Without realization, the humans were beginning to destroy their livestock. Not only did it affect their livestock, but also the entire community around them. The countryside, being "famous for the abundance and variety of its bird life,"(368) now "only silence lay over the fields and woods and marsh"(368). Now the humans have affected both vegetation and animal life, but they have also affected more than just the