The writer of the essay above talks a lot about all the natural disasters the the Haitian people endure all the time. They have to deal with deaths and rebuilding their homes. The author makes it sound like maybe the earth is doing these things on purpose to Haiti. I don't think this is true, I think this area is just more prone to natural disaster.
The reason I think Haiti is not just a victim to earth's cruelness is because the earth doesn't decide where and when these things are going to occur. The earth is a non-living thing that doesn't have the ability to think about what it wants or does not want to do. The areas on earth that are more likely to get earthquakes or hurricanes is not up to the earth itself, they just happen to be more
The reason I think Haiti is not just a victim to earth's cruelness is because the earth doesn't decide where and when these things are going to occur. The earth is a non-living thing that doesn't have the ability to think about what it wants or does not want to do. The areas on earth that are more likely to get earthquakes or hurricanes is not up to the earth itself, they just happen to be more