Thursday, May 22, 2008

I. Tara Feeney
China earthquake death poll tops 51,000
by Associated press
Jerusalem Post
May 22, 2008

II. This article concerns a recent earthquake that happened in China last week. This terrible natural disaster has killed many many chinese people. The death poll seems to be up to about 51,000 people killed, and many more injured. The earthquake destroyed eighty percent of the buildings around the epicenter and a largw portion of people are currently homeless. Since the population is so high in China, they need about 3.3 million tents to hold all of the people who lost their homes. 400,000 tents have already been delivered for people. The Chinese people are hoping that other nations will help by donating tents, which some have already.

III.
A. This article relates to the theme impact of interaction among and within major societies because of how other nations can help out and bring China back to where they were before this devastating earthquake.
B. Natural disasters have hit many parts of the world forever. A few years ago, Hurricane Katrina, which hit in New Orleans left a lot of people homeless and they had to all move. Its terrible when it happens but theres nothing we can really do to prevent them.
C. This was written by the associated press, and there is no specific name written as the writer of this article.
D. I don't see how this article would have any bias because this article is mainly stating facts. There's nothing in the article that would display a point of view
E. It would be nice to hear from a Chinese family who has lost their home so that maybe people would want to help by hearing their story.
F. I feel terrible that this disaster occured. I wish there was a way to prevent something like this, but its nature.

2 comments:

Deanna said...

I feel that it is terrible that this earthquake happened. I hate that so many people died, and lost their homes. I hope that other nations help to donate tents so that people will be able to get their lives back together. I wish that these things wouldn't happen, but there is nothing anything can do about it.

Lauren G said...

Earthquakes are not a pleasant thing for any country. China is a very prosperous country and with that much damage, hopefully the economy won't go down. People should be recieving help from everyone so that they will be able to get back on their feet. Earthquakes are natural though, so there was nothing to prevent it.