Sometimes The Earth Is Cruel Summary

In the article Sometimes, the Earth is Cruel by Leonard Pitts we read about the damage that came from the earthquake in Haiti. What happened on that day changed so many lives in ways that are unfixable. The crazy part about disasters is that they can also create more of a community. They give a chance for renewal and allow others there to help. This article gives a look into some of the small details and feelings happening in Haiti and all over the world. The earthquake created a support system for recovery, it also brought new strength to the people struggling, this allows the people better understand why the Earth does cruel things.

To begin, Sometimes, the Earth is Cruel gives a view of the tragedy in Haiti in a special way. Based on the article we see that from the beginning there has been so many questions about how disasters can bring people closer together in order to recover. The article by Pitts really shows how this works. It gives a bit of blunt reality of how the people not affected reacted. He uses certain language to show how the Haitian people reacted over time. The earthquake destroyed so many lives but yet they were still able to recover which is why Leonard was so set on writing about their struggles. Pitts shows that their bond to each other grew from this. They all had connecting emotions and experiences that brought them there.

Second of all, the people did a lot after the earthquake happened in order to revive, for example building shelter and taking care of the sick.

They had to accommodate to all the changes with in their lives and others in order to fight the Earth's cruelty. It had to have been a hard thing with so many dead and so much destruction. People mourned their loved ones and items lost along while cursing God for what happened. Eventually, everyone took steps to becoming better. They all had to re-build not only themselves but the cities and others. Moving on was always the outcome no matter how much they were

impacted.

Finally, Haitian people were seen as true survivors by everyone watching from afar because of their ways of dealing with the tragedy. Due to the earthquake the people all stepped up to fix things. The author, Leonard Pitts thought that what the Haitian people did was very noble and strong. He believed that "life was cruel and you have no choice but to accept that as the bargain of life." The way the people grouped together and supported the ones who needed it the most was amazing in his eyes. There was so much growth coming from their own grief these people were going through that it became a bonding strategy. They were such a community in the disaster's after math that it brought his attention to Haiti.

Clearly.as were are show in Leonard's article, there is a reason for everything but there needs to be a way to fix it. Pitts Wrote this article to show people that when disaster hits there is always good to come from it. Weather it creates a bond in the community or spreads the need further than some can reach. He wanted to prove that there is always a way to overcome any obstacle in the way and we need to learn that even when the Earth is cruel we have to move forward. No one can forget a disaster because of what it changed and Pitts wanted to show us that we need to remember the strengths coming from the earthquake. This disaster changed so much for the people but they were able to overcome and be seen in a great light for that.