Samuel Johnson, an English author, once stated, "The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good" (Johnson). As disasters happen all over the world, good people are suffering from the effects of mother nature's hell. These people are innocent and worthy people that have been caught in a terrible act that can not be stopped. As Leonard Pitts explains in his article, Sometimes the Earth is Cruel, the Earth can destroy communities in seconds along with people's lives. When people not affected by these terrible events view the affected, people see the needy and suffering and chose to go the distance to help the people that need it most. People that live in affected areas, face everyday challenges that many other people can not even imagine facing. In Leonard Pitts article, Sometimes the Earth is Cruel, he presents a theme that life is unfair for readers to ponder on.
In the article, Sometimes the Earth is Cruel, by Leonard Pitts, life is unfair because of natural disasters. Any type of
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natural disaster comes at their own pace and time; people can not prevent or stop one of these disasters when they hit. It isn't fair that natural disasters have to happen in this world. They can destroy communities and people's lives that individuals have worked their whole lives to create. The damage after a disaster can take months and years to clean up and fix. People have to clean up what they once knew as home and happiness. Also, some of these disasters take the lives of so many innocent people. For families, community members, and volunteers to have to dig through rubbage and pull out the bodies of people that they once knew and loved, is a horrifying thought. When a natural disater hits, it can cause so much confusion and chaos, people can go missing quickly causing that persons loved ones and friends to be sent into a panick and increase their worry. I can not believe the emotions and actions that people caught in natural disasters have throughout the process of this horror. Leonard Pitts aticle, Sometimes the Earth is Cruel, demonstrates that life is unfair by everyday challenges. People that live in areas that are prone for natural disasters face challenges everyday. Their safety is always at risk, because natural disasters can happen at any time with no warning for people to seek safety. It is a natural thing for people to work during their lives to build up and create a good life for themselves and possibly families. Natrual disasters can erase an individuals life work in seconds. Not every person or family has the same avalibilities and advantages in life, therefore, for some people or families, it may be harder to find food, shelter, or water. When people are able to prepare for a natural disaster, it gives them some time to gather supplies and seek a shelter. However, individuals that may be less fortunite, can struggle with these necessary accessories. Life is never fair, I can be the first to admit that, but for people that have to live with fear constantly in the back of their minds are heros. These people show courage and faith everyday of their lives. In the article, Sometimes the Earth is Cruel, by Leonard Pitts, life is described unfair by having to count on others.
People that become affected by natural disasters are in very difficult and hard times. These vicitums have to rely on other people that may be from other towns or countries, to come and give assistance to wounded people or just give help in any other way possible. These people may take some time to reach the area that was affected, so people that are hurt and in need have to wait and suffer until help arrives. When these people arrive however, they usually bring food, water, and medical supplies. Volunteers and help may not arrive right away because they could possibly face delays or difficulties in traveling. Sometimes, people are selfish and will not go to help the needy; they think their needs are above the needs of others. When natural disasters happen, it can possibly be a negative thing to have to rely on others for
help. Leonard Pitts shows that life is not fair in his article, Sometimes the Earth is Cruel. Life is an interesting event that presents different challenges in the lives of different people. Natural disaters are very dangerous and devistating situations that are random, but leave their marks in people's lives forever. Not everyone is equal in life, therefore, each person has their own set of daily challenges they have to face to continue through life. These challenges may require people to count on others; counting on others can be a questionable task because some people can be selfish. Obviously, life is not fair and can present many obsticles in peoples lives. However, people can never give up to the difficult events that life may present. People are a strong race and need to continue to take the obsticles and turn them around into something positive.
In Under a Cruel Star, Heda Margolious Kovaly details the attractiveness and terror of Communism brought to Czechoslovakia following WWII. Kovaly’s accounts of how communism impacted Czechoslovakia are fascinating because they are accounts of a woman who was skeptical, but also seemed hopeful for communism’s success. Kovaly was not entirely pro-communism, nor was she entirely anti-communism during the Party’s takeover. By telling her accounts of being trapped in the Lodz Ghetto and the torture she faced in Auschwitz, Kovaly displays her terror experienced with a fascist regime and her need for change. Kovaly said that the people of Czechoslovakia welcomed communism because it provided them with the chance to make up for the passivity they had let occur during the German occupation. Communism’s appeal to
According to the article The Joplin Tornado: The Evil Swirling Darkness it states,”Instead, they speak of the power of their faith, the strength of their community, and the generosity of the thousands of people from around the country who came to help heal their wounded city.” This is saying that they were happy that people came and helped them to persevere and rebuild their town. A Storm Chaser’s First Hand Account on the Joplin Tornado explains,“I'm watching a pick-up truck loaded with supplies and ladders--it's a local grassroots effort. That's what America's about. People helping people. That's what we're seeing here. It's not people waiting for government aid, even though there's going to be lots of people that need it. We've just got grassroots efforts of people pouring in and helping.” This shows that the people were helping those in need, and that they weren’t waiting for the government to come and help them rebuild they did it on their own. Finally Jeff Piotrowski says,”The way we got people out was that the people that came in there, they started picking up their family members and loading them into trucks and driving them to the only hospital left in Joplin. That's how we got people out of here.” He is telling us that family members and other people help each other, and help to bring back the people from their
The short story, Ashes for the Wind by Hernando Tellez, the central conflict is focused around two groups, the all-powerful government and powerless farmers. The struggle that is going on is one that is commonly seen in poor third world countries where the government controls everything and where the people make up the complete work force. The story reveals Juan Martinez’s inner beliefs, that he is a stubborn yet proud man that will stand for everything that he owns even if that means death. Even after voting for the wrong side, Juan protects his family from the evil that is the law. Arevalo’s motivations were such that he did not stand up for the family that he grew up with. His betrayal of the political system and his father leaves Simon’s
though he is moving away but at the same time he claims that he feels
The first encounter with Helga Crane, Nella Larsen’s protagonist in the novel Quicksand, introduces the heroine unwinding after a day of work in a dimly lit room. She is alone. And while no one else is present in the room, Helga is accompanied by her own thoughts, feelings, and her worrisome perceptions of the world around her. Throughout the novel, it becomes clear that most of Helga’s concerns revolve around two issues- race and sex. Even though there are many human character antagonists that play a significant role in the novel and in the story of Helga Crane, such as her friends, coworkers, relatives, and ultimately even her own children, her race and her sexuality become Helga’s biggest challenges. These two taxing antagonists appear throughout the novel in many subtle forms. It becomes obvious that racial confusion and sexual repression are a substantial source of Helga’s apprehensions and eventually lead to her tragic demise.
Hurricane Katrina was considered as the worst hurricane in the history of United States. The winds and the rain were shattering people’s homes which collapsed and flooded. Thousands of people were suffering and dying. People were starving, and becoming dehydrated. Many people were left on the street and became homeless. After the hurricane, so many questions were left regarding the widespread damage and loss of loved ones. This devastating disaster destroyed the city of New Orleans and nearby cities and was estimated to cost $80 billion dollars in damage. State and local emergency in the affected area were struggling to perform urgent response missions such as emergency medical services, search and rescue, firefighting, giving food and water,
and unhelpful comments because the society does not consider her illness to be a real
But in nature, few needs are met and few desires are satisfied. Life is short, hard, cruel, and painful for nearly every living thing."
Cry the Beloved Country, by Alan Paton is a novel inspired by the industrial revolution. Paton describes in detail the conditions in which the Africans were living during this time period, 1946. This story tells about a Zulu pastor who goes into the city in search of his son and siblings who left in search of a better life. The pastor sees this immense city where a ruling white group is oppressing the black population. This novel is more than just a story, but it depicts the effects imperialism and the Industrial Revolution had on South Africa. Although the government has intervened to protect the people, some of these effects are still present in our societies.
The external conflict of nature against man never becomes resolved, as nature ends the man and his goals. For example, the severe cold weather prevented the man fro...
In the novel, Darkness at Noon, by Koestler, Rubashov learns about himself, and makes an effort to cross the hazy lines between his conscience and his beliefs. Rubashov's realization of the individual aspect of morality is a gradual process, satisfying his internal arguments and questions of guilt. His confession to Gletkin reflects the logic that Rubashov had used (both by himself and his political regime), as well as his internal conflicts. He questioned the inferior value of the human, in respect to the priceless value of humanity. Rubashov's ideas on communism, he found, were blurred by his dedication to the Soviet revolutionaries, and ordeal that compromised his life to solve. In many ways, Rubashov was an antagonist to himself. One way Rubashov defeated his goal was by giving in to suit others. "The Party denied the free will of the individual - and at the same time it exacted his willing self-sacrifice… There was somewhere an error in the calculation; the equation did not work out."(204) Rubashov's confession implies a submission of his personal ego to a larger purpose, and he questions himself as to whether it is worth it. His ideals were not his own, but rather the ideals that the communist revolutionaries forced him to have. Rubashov was a man who thinks extremely logical in every situation; he follows every idea "…down to its final consequence."(80) He is an elite intellectual, but even as Ivanov and Gletkin question his line of thinking, Rubashov constantly asks himself the same questions. He justifies his rational by reminding himself that he is working for a more perfect society, no matter what the cost. As stated in the first partition of his confession, he heard only ...
Like Life by Lorrie Moore thematically presents stories revolving around romance and how heartache and how irony can arise in a relationship. Two stories within her book present characters that are unable to cope with the "real world" and end up being lonely. “Vissi d’Arte” and “Starving Again” focuses more with male protagonists who both fail at creating a long lasting relationship and affection for something by being narrow minded and blind by their actions.
Sometimes the world is cruel. Leonard Pitts Wrote this essay to analyze this, Why does it always seem to be your turn? How is it fair to others that you and I never have complications, But others deal with travesty and devastation. Why is it never your turn? Is this an avoidable circumstance? Why is the world cruel?
The human race takes for granted the beauty and life Earth provides. In Emily Dickinson's "The wind begun to rock the grass" it is evident that Dickinson is trying to emit that people tend to shelter themselves from harsh realities; realities they are too selfish to acknowledge. Humans corrupts the environment and society in the same way they corrupt their brains with the idea that their actions have no ramifications.
In John Donne’s sonnet “Death, Be Not Proud” death is closely examined and Donne writes about his views on death and his belief that people should not live in fear of death, but embrace it. “Death, Be Not Proud” is a Shakespearean sonnet that consists of three quatrains and one concluding couplet, of which I individually analyzed each quatrain and the couplet to elucidate Donne’s arguments with death. Donne converses with death, and argues that death is not the universal destroyer of life. He elaborates on the conflict with death in each quatrain through the use of imagery, figurative language, and structure. These elements not only increase the power of Donne’s message, but also symbolize the meaning of hope of eternal life as the ultimate escape to death.