You are sleeping and falling into a dream, a dream that seems to merge with reality, its details so vivid that they seem real. At first you're running freely through a field full of wildflowers with a light breeze blowing through your hair and then suddenly the sun moves away and dark gray clouds start to gather. BOOM! Thunder comes, suddenly it becomes your worst nightmare where you run away from something, you cry, you sweat, you scream then BLINK, you open your eyes to see that you are safe in your bed hugging your pillow and what you just experienced was the work of your simple mind. Just as at the beginning of Rachel Carson's "A Silent Spring," the author introduces suspense and invites readers by first setting the scene of an ideal, perfect world where "...all life seemed to live in harmony with 'surrounding environment." The scene that the author is painting shows nature and humans coexisting together and this kind of interaction brings to mind an image of beauty and peace. He also mentions that the country was particularly famous for its abundant and varied types of birds and makes several references to them throughout the story. Different types of birds each carry different symbolism, for example, the dove is a symbol of peace and friendship, but a crow can mean that something terribly wrong is near end of the second paragraph, the author slowly intertwines some foreshadowing that the scenario will no longer be the representation of a perfect world. “When the flow of migrants poured in in spring and autumn, people traveled from great distances to observe them.” Here, the author's choice of the word “flood” emphasizes that migrants arrived in large numbers… at the center of the paper… at the ends of both sides The author entertains the readers with its strong and vivid vocabulary that helps them easily visualize what is happening and puts them in the mindset that the story is real because every event and aspect is realistic enough to be believed to be true. “No witchcraft, no enemy action had silenced the rebirth of new life in this stricken world. The people had done it on their own. He concludes and concludes by saying that although everything that happens seems very mysterious and almost like a witchcraft, it is not. The last paragraph reveals that the ruined city does not exist but it can happen. This short exercise gives us a glimpse into the future of what could one day happen to America and if we don't act now, that distant future. will become a reality somewhere soon. So in a way it's like learning a lesson without learning it the hard way.