Read the excerpt from Silent Spring.On the farms the hens brooded, but no chicks hatched. The farmers complained that they were unable to raise any pigs—the litters were small and the young survived only a few days. The apple trees were coming into bloom but no bees droned among the blossoms, so there was no pollination and there would be no fruit.

The excerpt describes failed reproduction among hens and pigs, followed by the absence of bees and the loss of fruit. These details create a bleak sense of widespread harm and a disastrous future, which conveys doom. “Acceptance” and “motivation” do not fit the passage’s warning tone, and it does not describe violence.

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