In this work, Carson's thesis allows her to elaborate on the outcomes of men's chemical warfare against nature: it gives Carson a way to introduce her appeals to pathos by implying the death of humans through the spread of chemicals, and stating her ironic view of these so called intelligent beings, in addition, she uses her appeals to logos to influence her audience's view of the chemicals. .
The author uses the strategies of pathos to convey a feeling of threat and desperateness by giving them a sense of fear. Chemicals that have often been released in the air through bombs inevitably come down "to earth in rain or drifts down as fallout, lodges in soil, enters into the grass or corn or wheat grown there, and in time takes up its abode in the bones of a human being, there to remain until his death " (Carson 604). The use of the word "death " in this paragraph gives off the feeling of threat. It is the fear of dying through these chemicals that triggers the effectiveness of her persuasion through the emotional appeal. In the same way, the threat of eating contaminated food generates fear, which in turn allows the audience to be influenced by her argument. Furthermore, the pollution of the earth "is for the most part irrecoverable; the chain of evil it initiates not only in the world that must support life but in living tissues is for the most part irreversible " (Carson 604). Likewise, Carson's usage of words like "evil " and "irreversible " catches the reader's attention, which in turn causes them to lean toward the author's argument. .
In addition, the author uses yet again her appeals to pathos to convey an insulting and shameful feeling, by stating her ironic views of the intelligent beings who seek to control the pests through chemical warfare. Ironically, it is a shame "to think that man might determine his own future by something so seemingly trivial as the choice of an insect spray " (Carson 606).
