The plague was always a medieval disease in my mind. I never saw it as anything more than a horror story in history. However, after reading Plague and Fire a book written by James C. Mohr, I learned a lot. The book showed me that my way of thinking was wrong and that there is much more to learn about the plague. Mohr used his book to tell an informative story about something most people have forgotten about. The book focused on the third outbreak of the plague. It happened just over one hundred years ago. This plague, the same one I learned about in history class in high school, made a comeback. The disease reached Hawaii in the twentieth century. The book discusses the different methods of how the people, local, and federal government reacted
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To me it was an old and extraneous disease. Lesson 7 and this book really shed some light on this topic. I had no idea that the plague had so many stages. I thought it was a medieval disease. After reading the book I saw how there was a 3rd outbreak that reached the US! That was something I never knew. I learned a lot from the book. Like how in Hawaii they would burn homes as a way to prevent the spreading of the disease. To me this seemed like an dangerous degree to take into effect.. However, I understand the fear considering this was an extreme circumstance. The economic and social outcomes of the burning were disastrous. The book introduced new aspects of the plague to me that I never thought about. I liked reading the book because it was a narrative and because of the language the author used. Compared to the first book this one was easier for me to understand. The way the author gave the information was easy for me to understand his opinion and develop my own. Like on page 86, when discussing the statement made by board that “extraordinary crises justified extraordinary measures”. The way the information was presented gave me an opportunity to create my own opinion versus the author feed me his opinion. That was my favorite part of the book. It’s very
To me it was an old and extraneous disease. Lesson 7 and this book really shed some light on this topic. I had no idea that the plague had so many stages. I thought it was a medieval disease. After reading the book I saw how there was a 3rd outbreak that reached the US! That was something I never knew. I learned a lot from the book. Like how in Hawaii they would burn homes as a way to prevent the spreading of the disease. To me this seemed like an dangerous degree to take into effect.. However, I understand the fear considering this was an extreme circumstance. The economic and social outcomes of the burning were disastrous. The book introduced new aspects of the plague to me that I never thought about. I liked reading the book because it was a narrative and because of the language the author used. Compared to the first book this one was easier for me to understand. The way the author gave the information was easy for me to understand his opinion and develop my own. Like on page 86, when discussing the statement made by board that “extraordinary crises justified extraordinary measures”. The way the information was presented gave me an opportunity to create my own opinion versus the author feed me his opinion. That was my favorite part of the book. It’s very