Post 6: A New Idea

My main question currently is how does Rachel Carson's style of writing change depending on for what subject she writes about? For example in "The Edge of the Sea", a book about the sea and the animals that inhabit it, is very poetic, creative, elegant, and detailed while in "Silent Spring" Her writing is much more direct and simple. She writes about short stories and events in order to get her message across but only turns her writing in elegant verses occasionally. Why is this the case? Did Rachel Carson do this on purpose or unconsciously? How does the change of writing style effect the reader personally and a society as one?

I can not fully answer all of these questions because I have not finished reading "silent Spring", but I shall try my best to answer the question now, to the extent that I can.


In "The Edge of the Sea" the purpose in writing it was merely to allow the reader to be engaged and educated on the sea life while in "Silent Spring" there was a much more stronger purpose in writing it. Carson wanted/needed to tell the people of this world what their actions were doing to the world. There is much more of a sense of urgency in her writing in "Silent Spring" than in "The Edge of the Sea". In this book there is much more of a calm and smooth sense to the writing in the book. It is a book more to put one asleep than to make a reader jump up and want to create change and fight for an important cause.

There is a large contrast between these two books. They both have very different vibes and create very different feelings. I am excited and looking forward to comparing these two books in depth more as a keep reading.