The book The Killing Sea by Richard Lewis is based on the terrible tsunami of 2004. The tsunami happened on December 25th and was caused by a very large earthquake in the Indian Sea. The theme was that in times of great trouble and tribulation people will change their ways and become more respectful and helpful. ¨Within 15 minutes, tsunami waves were crashing the coast of Sumatra. At the north end of the island was a heavily populated region known as Aceh. There, waves reached 80 feet high over large stretches of the coast and up to 100 feet in some places. Entire communities were simply swept away by the water in a matter of minutes. The death toll in Indonesia is estimated at between 130,000 and 160,000 people, with an additional 500,000
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The New York Times said,“His mad dash was the closest many people on Sumatra would come to an warning system. Before the waves subsided, more than 43,000 people in the Aceh region alone -- many of them women and children unable to resist the violent waters -- would perish” This shows that real people had to struggle through the Tsunami. (BBC)”About 228,000 people were killed as a result of the 9.1 magnitude quake and the giant waves that slammed into coastlines on 26 December 2004.” This shows that the magnitude 9.1 created a Tsunami that killed almost 230,000 people.An article by Emerging Infectious Diseases stated, “ with culture-confirmed melioidosis, after their immersion in contaminated saltwater during the tsunami.” This is a conflict in The Killing Sea because Peter gets the same disease which helps Sarah be nicer to him because every little thing he did could have been the last. Some evidence from the book is “The sea was so tall that it’s face was visible above the houses and trees.” This is an accurate description of the Tsunami that was in real life which caused the characters to change. All in all, Richard Lewis uses real facts to move his characters forward, because of this he can create a crisis that makes a situation to ¨help” people be more
The New York Times said,“His mad dash was the closest many people on Sumatra would come to an warning system. Before the waves subsided, more than 43,000 people in the Aceh region alone -- many of them women and children unable to resist the violent waters -- would perish” This shows that real people had to struggle through the Tsunami. (BBC)”About 228,000 people were killed as a result of the 9.1 magnitude quake and the giant waves that slammed into coastlines on 26 December 2004.” This shows that the magnitude 9.1 created a Tsunami that killed almost 230,000 people.An article by Emerging Infectious Diseases stated, “ with culture-confirmed melioidosis, after their immersion in contaminated saltwater during the tsunami.” This is a conflict in The Killing Sea because Peter gets the same disease which helps Sarah be nicer to him because every little thing he did could have been the last. Some evidence from the book is “The sea was so tall that it’s face was visible above the houses and trees.” This is an accurate description of the Tsunami that was in real life which caused the characters to change. All in all, Richard Lewis uses real facts to move his characters forward, because of this he can create a crisis that makes a situation to ¨help” people be more