Silent Spring

Silent Spring Chapter 1

Use details from the text to explain what sort of town the author describes in the first two paragraphs. Why does the author describe this town in such detail for readers?

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The author begins by describing a perfect American town, with beautiful vegetation and countless varieties of plants and fruits. Suddenly, from the sky, comes a white fine powder and in days everything begins to die: plants, bees, the young animals and even the rivers are poisoned. The author wants us to know what is and can be lost from man-made poison (pollution).