Dragonwings 'And' Comprehending The 1906 Earthquake

This is two different side of one story that has to do with an earthquake from 1906 in San Francisco. This story will be talking about the earthquake that caused tragic moments and helping moments. The two stories that will be compared are “ Dragonwings”, and “Comprehending the Calamity”. the two stories are kinda similar because they are talking about the same event that happened in the same place. Dragonwings is an story that tells you things that happened to people that came from china and experienced an earthquake and the aftermath of it. And Comprehending the Calamity it an story that really just inform you about what happened during that time and place, and it also tells you how people had to do things in a different way. Because they

had different purposes for writing, Emma Burke’s point of view of the 1906 earthquake was to Inform, while Moon Shadow’s point of view was to Entertain.

In Emma Burke’s point of view of the 1906 earthquake was very astonishing for her to handle throughout the process of the earthquake.

In “Comprehending the Calamity,” she says, “ The immense fires started by the earthquake now made such a ruddy glow that it was easy to see everything, although the flames were two miles away”. This proves her point of view is that the fires made everything glow because when she sees the fire far away because of the bright color of the fire. She also says, “ No lights were allowed in the Park, and all was soon quiet except the wail of a baby, the clang of an ambulance, and the incessant roll of wheels and tramp of feet as the people constantly sought refuge”. This proves her point of view is that it was pitch black and there was no noise because everyone was so quiet and so friented. In conclusion, There was no light, the only light there was was the bright fire, The fire caused fright for people which made people go into silence, the only thing you can hear is the sound of crying babies , ring of the ambulance, and the noise of the wheels on the

road.

In Dragonwings, the narrator Moon Shadow’s point of view of the 1906 earthquake was that it was an unexpected and scary situation for him and father. In Dragonwings, Moon Shadow says, “ The faster we can clear this stuff away, the sooner we can leave this mound. maybe we can get away before the wall collapses.’’ This proves his point of view is because he did not know he would have to do this after an earthquake and he did not know that this was coming. And he was unprepared for this.
He also says, “ I don’t think the demons were necessarily bad for not wanting to help others. they might have been scared, or so shocked. This proves his point of view is because he would not know that “ demons” are not being mean if they are not helping, and he might not know if they were scared to do something . In conclusion, The earthquake made Moon Shadow scared and he was very unprepared for it he which made him wonder if the demons are trying to be mean and not help or just don’t wanna help. And he did not know he would have to do things to get away from an fire and to survive the fire.

Emma Burke and Moon Shadow may have had different points of view because her purpose for writing was to inform , but Laurence Yep’s purpose for writing Dragonwings was to entertain.
Emma Burke’s purpose for writing “Comprehending the Calamity” was to let people know who everything went down during the earthquake and the aftermath, because there was some things that people needed to know about the earthquake that can may help people that may come to people’s way.
This may have affected her point of view because people may used her story to help people become prepared for an earthquake.

Laurence Yep’s purpose for writing Dragonwings was to entertain, because it wanted to make people laugh even though it’s not a funny moment. This may have affected Moon Shadow’s point of view because this story may have wanted to make people laugh when it’s a tragic moment but they are trying to make each moment funny and not make people sad from the scary, and tragic moments. In both stories they have different point of views on wants to inform people and tell them information, but the other one wants to entertain people and do funny things but does not want to offend people. These two stories really basically talks about the same thing, the first wants to tell people information while the other wants to make people laugh. There was no light, the only light there was was the bright fire, but there was a lot of surrounding sounds while no person is being

silence.

The earthquake made Moon Shadow scared and he was very unprepared for it he which made him wonder if the demons are trying to be mean and not help or just don’t wanna help. And he did something he did not know he would have to do to survive. The stories they have different point of views on to inform people and to entertain people he wants to help people and show the good side of things. This essay was made to let people know what people had to go through and earthquake and the aftermath of it. If you don’t know what the Aftermath is it’s a fire that happens after a earthquake. Some people may have experienced this and this was very tragic for them.