Essay On Dragonwings

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This earthquake could have been way worse but this is what we got from the aftermath ,Emma Burke and Moon shadow from Dragons wings written by Laurence yep experienced this disaster in their own time experiencing different disasters and people who made different choices.
Emma burke states ¨The matron had just been removed unconscious from a heap of brick, mortar, and general debris. The attendants were making frantic efforts to get the ambulance out¨Emma burke states that people were really helpful in the occurring disasters,meanwhile moonshadow from Dragonwings written by Laurence yep states ¨please need help father pointed to the mound behind us from which the ghostly voices were calling ¨be off with you ¨ said the man¨ he states this because these people would rather help themselves survive then put others first .
Because they had different purposes for writing, Emma Burke’s
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Emma burke knows a lot about this earthquake ,this quake was sad and horrible for a lot of people who have died or whose family died,Emma burke makes this passage sound like people wanted to help out people and how they wanted to save people and pull them out of the rubble

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