Undoubtedly, the plague causes the disintegration of families in the town. By structuring her novel as a retrospective narrative that is our protagonist, Anna Frith describes of what had happened in the book, enables the audience to adopt the sense of doom and horrors occurred during the time of the catastrophe. We are exposed to pain and grief that Anna feels when she lost her children whom she ‘loved from the moment she first reached down and touched the crowd’ of her children because of the plague, which results in her ‘(fighting) the sexton when he came to take Jamie’s body away’. Brooks clearly demonstrates and explores that the crisis such this plague can destroy
A Lack of Response Patricia Smith’s Blood Dazzler is a collection of poems written in response to the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina, a category five hurricane, which obliterated New Orleans in 2005 and left both the city and her people in ruins. Throughout the collection Smith personifies Katrina, revealing and embodying the damage, loss, and neglect that ensues in her wake. Her poems, such as “Man on the TV Say”, “Inconvenient”, and “What to Tweak” discuss the societal and political overtones which only serve to augment Katrina’s devastation. These poems exemplify how socioeconomic disparities and poorly veiled racism combined with political incompetence and a general sense of unawareness became the true tragedy of this situation. “Man on the TV Say” and “Inconvenient” embody the socioeconomic disparities present in New Orleans and reveal why so many were unable to flee, despite the mandated evacuations.
The Black Plague Ring around the Rosies pocketful of posies, ashes, ashes we all fall down. These are the words to the famous nursery rhyme about the Black Plague. Many people perished and many more people mourned for those unlucky enough to die. For about thirty years the Black Plague reined the earth leaving behind a trail of despair for the survivors to cope with. Firstly there are many ways the Plague was said to have begun and how to cure it.
When you think of a slaughterhouse what comes to mind? The dictionary definition of a slaughterhouse is an establishment where animals are butchered mainly for food. For my choice reading assignment I read the novel Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. The novel centers on the life of Billy Pilgrim, Billy is a veteran who lives through what history can argue was the most disastrous bombing of world war two. With a death toll that is assumed to be around 500,000 the Bombing of Dresden is arguably the most disastrous bombing for human life.
It finally hit Europe in 1347 when Genose trading ships whose sailors were infected. It stayed in Europe and swept through for many years until it finally reached England in 1664 and caused what is known as the Great Plague of London. Europe had heard of the plague, but didn't know how bad it really was until it got there, and when it did, it had huge effects on the economy and the communities in Europe. The effects of the Bubonic plague had on the economy are these. Since there was a greater number of a death in the city than in the country because of the crowded conditions, there was a labor shortage, and many
Killing Lincoln The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever At Lincoln’s second inaugural on Saturday, March 4, 1865, the surroundings were hectic as a large crowd stood out in heavy rain, and Vice President Andrew Johnson embarrassed all with a “drunken, twenty-minute ramble.” Lincoln’s genuine plea for reunification was an inspirational relief. Rather quickly we are shown the approach of John Wilkes Booth, who lunged at Lincoln during his speech, later telling the policeman that he’d only, stumbled. O’ Riley then writes that there is “a most powerful evil...bearing down on Abraham Lincoln,”. But, events prove that it was not completely powerful. Booth killed Lincoln, but his own wrong ruined him.
Wharton gives the feeling of bitterness and depression by using winter as the setting. One way she gave this feeling is when she referred to the sky as a “sky of iron.” Winter also symbolizes the cold, snow, darkness, isolation and loneliness. We learned early in the book that Ethan wanted to leave and go to a larger town, but that dream of his was never fulfilled. Because of this unfulfilled dream, Ethan gives of a depressed feeling up until he meets Mattie anyways. Death is everywhere in Starkfield.
He then makes the bad decision to kill both himself and Mattie. The geographic location is very important to this novel for many reasons. In Starkville, there are horrid winters and everyone is trapped there during that time. It is a very hard place to live. Also, sense people frown upon divorce, Ethan can’t run away from Zeena and go to the city like he wants.
The famine had a disastrous effect all over Ireland and with the failure of the then British rulers to help with the food shortage and the exporting of grain to pay landlords their rent Ireland became practically unlivable which was the main reason for Irish immigration in the 1800’s. The famine left over a million people dead of starvation and others who survived with diseases such as cholera and typhus. Making them flee to the United States and Canada as well, as the living conditions were harsh in Ireland, the ship they traveled in to America was poorly as well, it was know as the “Coffin Ship”. The conditions were so poorly that many Irish died during the trip to the United States and Canada, never having the chance to live the better
These boats would transfer hundreds of immigrants to America therefore leaving the boats extremely crowded and unsanitary. After the trip many were sick and were sent back to their hometown due to the illness and not being found fit to be an American. Ellis Island is