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... How does the Author of the following extracts use language to convey changes and contrasts in mood and meaning? The title of the chapter "A Fable for Tomorrow" gives the impression that the novel is a log of events and a tale of what might be in the future if present practises and the use of pesticides were allowed to continue. The opening paragraph of A Fable for Tomorrow conveys the beautiful image of a fertile American town. Carson describes the elements of nature and wildlife to express the idyllic surrounding of the town. The language used in the first two paragraphs outlines the area to which the book is set, this depicts that it is almost perfect and an idyllic place to be. The mood is tranquil and takes the reader to a place "where all life seemed to live in harmony". In the first two paragraphs Carson uses language of
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