YESSS. DONE.

YESSS I AM FINALLY DONE MY STUPID RETARDED ESSAY AND IT'S ONLY 1 AM!!! PWEEEETY GOOOD :) AND BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE GLOATING OVER MY HURRIEDLY WRITTEN PIECE OF CRAP THAT ALL OF YOU GUYS ARE ALLOWED TO LAUGH AT BECAUSE IT IS SO POORLY DONE, I AM POSTING MY ESSAY.



EGAD.

    In the short story, "Earthquake," about the earthquake that occured on Vancouver Island in 1946, the author Jack Hodgins uses the cluelessness of the children to emphasize the fact that because of newer technology, we tend to be less prepared for anything that occurs out of the ordinary. The earthquake gives the people a new experience outside of their comfort zones, and shows that in the face of a true catastrophe, not even the strongest ground will always hold.
    The children in the story are obviously not alert to the dangers of a earthquake. They are thrilled that "the post office... [collapses] in a heap of rubble, and [looks] exactly as if it [has] been bombed." But then the shocking reality kicks in, when an eight year old boy realizes that the reality he has been living on; the reality that the "ground [will] always stay beneath [his] feet forever, fathers stay capable of heroic rescues forever, mothers stay calm in every sort of emergency forever, and houses [he lives] in stay solid and safe" is nothing more than a pretense, a cover. People can surround themselves in their fantasies and ambitions to create advanced knowledge, but they easily underestimate the power of natural disasters when they get ahead of themselves.
    Technology often provides people with a false sense of security, but in reality, humans are really insignicant in comparison to the earth. Many adults, especially the father in the story, cannot begin to understand the true feeling of vulnerability without experiencing it firsthand- the feeling when they are powerless to carry out their duty as they always have, due to the overwhelming raw power of the planet.

ew. i actually like english too. but essays are just...


*BLUCKKK* >.<

EW. YES. THATS THE WORD. EEEEWWWWWWWWW.

and now instead of getting the sleep that I really probably should get, I am going to go waste my life on facebook duddies and peeps. ciao :)