It was 2004 when Indonesia was hit with a very tragic tsunami. Many people were found dead. Richard Lewis wanted to show the even the hardest, most stubborn minds change through friendship and survival.Lewis was a refuge worker in the 2004 earthquake. He took many experiences from all the people he helped. “Many medical and laboratory facilities, in this region was severely damaged. Of >1,000,000 survivors, >500,000 likely were injured.” Says ncbi.gov. Most of the injuries were from trauma, but some were caused by environmental sources. Another quote from ncbi.gov states “In the context of acute medical relief efforts to the town of Banda Aceh, we report on 10 patients with pneumonia, including 4 patients with culture-confirmed melioidosis,
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This ties to the theme because Sarah was stuck up but then she began to realize this was what her life was going to be.If Sarah’s point of view did not change she would not have become friends with ruslan and she would not have been able to survive.On page 5 and 6, the book states “But i’m not a local, am I? If they get offended, it’s their problem not mine….He couldn’t imagine any teenage girl in Meulaboh defying her mother like this.” Sarah and ruslan had different point of view about how to treat their parents. Sarah treated her mom with an attitude and with disrespect about putting on her scarf. On the other hand ruslan thought it was wrong of her to treat her parents that way. After that, Sarah and ruslan begin to have the same points of view after the tsunami. On page 109, the book states “We’d better get going, then….The going was slow.” This quote starts to show that Sarah and Ruslan started working together to find a doctor for Peter, and other people together, therefore they had the same point of view and started to become …show more content…
Richard Lewis wrote about a terrible earthquake that happened which caused an even worse tsunami. The author wanted to show that even the most stubborn minds change through friendship and survival. Lewis knew that tragic events like this could change people mentally and physically. First of all, one quote from the book on page 27 states “The ocean has risen into a wobbling cliff of water, sunlight glinting off the towering face.” This quote is describing one of the events leading to the tsunami, after the earthquake had occurred.At this time in the book Sarah’s family had no escape and no warning. In addition, a quote from the first published article states “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 quote talks about the tragedy that that killed many people in 2004. A 9.1 earthquake is one of the top five strongest earthquakes.With 228,000 people dead there was no space to bury all of them. Another quote from the second published article states “Despite there being several hours between the earthquake and the impact of the tsunami, nearly all the victims were taken completely by surprise. With no adequate warning systems in place, there was no alert issued to people to seek safety.” Like mentioned before, this quote describes how the tsunami was a total surprise and there was not
This ties to the theme because Sarah was stuck up but then she began to realize this was what her life was going to be.If Sarah’s point of view did not change she would not have become friends with ruslan and she would not have been able to survive.On page 5 and 6, the book states “But i’m not a local, am I? If they get offended, it’s their problem not mine….He couldn’t imagine any teenage girl in Meulaboh defying her mother like this.” Sarah and ruslan had different point of view about how to treat their parents. Sarah treated her mom with an attitude and with disrespect about putting on her scarf. On the other hand ruslan thought it was wrong of her to treat her parents that way. After that, Sarah and ruslan begin to have the same points of view after the tsunami. On page 109, the book states “We’d better get going, then….The going was slow.” This quote starts to show that Sarah and Ruslan started working together to find a doctor for Peter, and other people together, therefore they had the same point of view and started to become …show more content…
Richard Lewis wrote about a terrible earthquake that happened which caused an even worse tsunami. The author wanted to show that even the most stubborn minds change through friendship and survival. Lewis knew that tragic events like this could change people mentally and physically. First of all, one quote from the book on page 27 states “The ocean has risen into a wobbling cliff of water, sunlight glinting off the towering face.” This quote is describing one of the events leading to the tsunami, after the earthquake had occurred.At this time in the book Sarah’s family had no escape and no warning. In addition, a quote from the first published article states “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 quote talks about the tragedy that that killed many people in 2004. A 9.1 earthquake is one of the top five strongest earthquakes.With 228,000 people dead there was no space to bury all of them. Another quote from the second published article states “Despite there being several hours between the earthquake and the impact of the tsunami, nearly all the victims were taken completely by surprise. With no adequate warning systems in place, there was no alert issued to people to seek safety.” Like mentioned before, this quote describes how the tsunami was a total surprise and there was not