Fable for Tomorrow

              "A Fable for Tomorrow" by Rachel Carson is about a beautiful town. This town is and the people in it are one with nature. She writes, “…lived in harmony with its surroundings.” (pg. 371) But an evil came to this town that ruined the harmony. This evil came to the town and nature and animals started dying off. The plants would not grow and the animals would not feed. This evil ruined this town and the harmony and happiness that used to be a part of it. This was not a real town however just a simple example used by Carson in her book Silent Spring.

            “A Fable for Tomorrow,” is a section out of Rachel Carson’s novel, Silent Spring. Carson wrote this novel in order to provide an example of mosquito repellent on nature. The mosquito repellent she was trying to portray is DDT. Carson was worried about the effect this would have on birds and other species of the planet. Not only was it dangerous to animals but also to humans. This story helped Carson save the environment from DDT and discontinue its usage. I was very surprised to read Rachel Carson because we learned about her In A.P. U.S. history and there was a question about her on the test. I do not have a personal response about nature that goes along with this but I do have one about Rachel Carson. Last year in A.P U.S. I was very delighted to read and learn about Margaret Thatcher and Rachel Carson. I think that their work helped women be in the place they are today and that is very important to me.