The Fourth State Of Matter Jo Ann Beard Summary

We cannot predict anything The Fourth State of Matter by Jo Ann Beard is a story about an event that changes Beard’s life. Jo Ann Beard is an editor of a physical journal. She works at University of Iowa, where in 1991, there was a mass shooting in the physic department. She tells the story unlike any reporters. Her story is almost a movie to the audiences because of all the imagery she uses. She also include a theme that every problem will be solved in the end by the way that nobody can think of. Throughout her essay, Beard uses imagery almost every single sentence. She describes her work place, her daily life, her colleagues.... clearly so that her readers can picture what she is talking about. There are also hidden context under her description as

Gang Lu is not happy about his life as Beard says: “Gang Lu looks around the room with expressionless eyes. He’s sick of physics and sick of the buffoons who practice it”(9). He hates everyone in the physics apartment because no one respect him. He wants to let it all out. The mass shooting might be horrible. However, because of that, Beard and her husband can get back together. She describes when her husband get back is: “Silence. No matter how much you miss them. They never come back once they’re gone”(15). She used to live with her dog. Now she gets another company. Sometimes, some event just happened unexpectedly that completely change people life. It might seem to be terrible for some people, but if it did not happen, other good things might not follow. Through The Fourth State of Matter, the reader can picture an incident that happened during Jo Ann Beard. She uses imagery to paint a picture for her audiences from an essay. She tells a mass shooting unlike any others reporters. Her essay is an symbol for creative non fiction story as her main theme is everything happens in the way that nobody can