“Can anyone believe it is possible to lay down such a barrage of poisons on the surface of the earth without making it unfit for all life?” (Carson, 1962) Rachel Carson’s argumentative essay is written to enlighten humanity on the atrocities being bestowed upon the earth’s microscopic worlds and biological systems via the invasions of harmful mutating chemicals that will potentially affect future generations and their health. Carson proposes insecticides initially made to function as bug repellants
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave provides an accurate analogy for how we acquire knowledge. In the following essay I will explain why Plato’s explanation on how we gain knowledge is true. The Allegory of the Cave is Plato's idea of the education of the soul toward enlightenment. He opposes that they must "go back into the cave" or go back to the everyday world of politics, money and power struggles. The Allegory also attacks people that rely upon or are slaves to their senses. The chains that restrict