The Killing On Richard Lewis Analysis

It was December of 2004 in Aceh, Indonesia, and Richard Lewis was 60 year old author living in Bali, Indonesia. Richard Lewis longed to write a story to represent the lesson, be cooperative and show teamwork. As a volunteer after the tsunami took place, Richard Lewis was able to witness with his own eyes, the misery and destruction after a major disaster that affected many innocent lives. One historical fact is that Lewis knew about how many people were killed from this tragedy. About 228,000 people died, which is quite a lot for a country that is a bit on the small side. The survivors had to work together to rebuild was destroyed, while using each others ideas to decide what would be best for the country and themselves.
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When a huge natural disaster occurs as such, and takes many lives of the innocent townspeople living in Indonesia, it makes sense that lots of bodies came to land. It is said that about 228,000 people were killed in the tsunami, but the problem was that there wasn’t space to place the dead bodies, so Ruslan had to work with the people who did end up surviving to get rid of the bodies that were washed up on shore. According to the article, Melioidosis in Tsunami survivors, “The patients were treated 10–35 days after the tsunami. Eight had bilateral alveolar opacities on chest radiograph; 3 also had empyema.” The amount of people placed in hospitals was crazy. When Ruslan and Sarah had to work together to get Peter to a physician safely, it wasn’t easy at all, just like how so many hurt and sick people were taken into the hands of medical experts. Peter was in need of care from a doctor, but the three of them had to go to two different places to get the care they wanted and needed. So, Ruslan and Sarah had to use their social skills and work together, even if it wasn’t the easiest fight, Peter was brought to a hospital in search of medicine safely by Ruslan and Sarah. Stated by the article, Indian Ocean tsunami: then and now, from BBC News, they said, “After the quake struck, the resulting tsunami radiated across the Indian Ocean, from Indonesia to Sri Lanka and beyond.” After the tsunami, Sarah and Peter were trying their hardest to survive to find their parents. When they found their mom dead, and saw their dad for a brief time, they both got a reality check. They realized they were going to have to work together to get to a safe place, and figure things out from there. When they met Ruslan, he helped them get to medical care, and also get away from Rebels. Ruslan, Sarah, and Peter knew they had