The birds, for example – where had they gone? many people spoke of them, puzzled and disturbed. the feeding stations in the backyards were deserted. the few birds seen anywhere were moribund; they trembled violently and could not fly. it was a spring without voices. —silent spring, rachel carson which best describes how this passage appeals to the reader’s emotions? by describing birds near death and a spring without chirping by highlighting people’s confusion about what is happening to the birds by contrasting the way people feel with what is happening to the birds