Survival Story: The Bonsai that Outlived an Atomic Bomb

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The 390-year-old tree that survived an atomic bomb by Faiz Siddiqui is story about a bonsai plant that survived the bombing of Hiroshima and live beyond any life expectancy. The article also gave us an overview about the 390-year-old bonsai tree. The article also gave a very detailed explanation of how the bonsai plant survived. The author uses many writing techniques to make his article more informative and entertaining to the audience. The author uses ethos in the article to add a moral understanding to the audience. In the article it states how the owner of the priceless bonsai plant, could give it away to the enemy. At this time Japan was just bombed by the United States of America. It takes some serious forgiveness to give away that priceless bonsai. Ethos in this article help to morally show the goodness in the owner in the plant. The author also used logos to logically make the audience understand how things worked in the article. The author introduces the audience to facts about how the tree is past its living capabilities. The bonsai that is 390 years has lived over almost two lives. On average a bonsai will live for only 200 years, but this tree has almost reached a full 400 years old. The tree was lucky enough to live by …show more content…

He gives stories such as how the owner gave away the priceless bonsai tree to the enemy that had bombed. He then gives some stories about how the curator of the bonsai organization has to take care of that tree. The curator must take special care of the tree, because the tree is irreplaceable. Art however can be copied onto another canvas or even on a sheet of paper but that tree can never be regrown. He tells of a story about Moses Weisberg, who was riding his bike until he came upon the tree in Washington. At that time the tree was located in National Arboretum in Washington. The use of anecdotes was well used in the article to give relatable stories of how the bonsai plant came to

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