Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was an environmental science book. It documented the negative effects the indiscriminate use of pesticides has on the environment, particularly the birds.
The book became the tool that awakened the public to the real harm that big industrial companies have been hiding from them. Thus, driving them to launch an environmental movement that aims to prohibit the indiscriminate use of pesticides, specifically DDT.
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Paraphrase is defined as the restatement of a passage or text with the use of other words. It is used to explain the meaning of the passage or text in a more understandable and clearer way. A paraphrase does not use quotation marks. Instead, it is commonly presented with declaratory phrases.
Bradbury has a straightforward writing style that seeks to evoke a sense of wonder through two seemingly opposed concerns: the careful construction of mundane details and a sharp eye for vividly capturing imaginative flights of fancy. Combined, they create Bradbury's signature style, finding wonder in everyday life by using fantastic / unrealistic elements to highlight the vagaries of human nature. Often, this means the stories are built on simply constructed sentences --declarative, often distanced from the subject it describes - with dramatically timed lapses into a more florid, poetic writing style when a character comes to grips with a new experience, such as the rocket flight of "The Rocket".
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The description about Gatsby's house shows that he is a person who wants to impress people by projecting himself as a rich man.
Explanation:
"The Great Gatsby" by "F. Scott Fitzgerald" is story about Jay Gatsby who has main motive of winning Daisy in his life by showing off his money. He wants to impress her and other people by the huge mansion he owns. He wishes to win back Daisy, who is married to Tom, by showing his richness and luxurious life. He is like a person whom we call 'new money' and wants to project himself as someone else.
New money is referred to a person who has gained money by sheer hard work and has not inherited one.
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I was helping a kid through bullying and there was these girls who where always looking at me when I was talking to him and when we told the teacher about the bullying the girls said I was helping the kid through bullying
