During the Simon Winchester: When the World Goes Mad talk, he started his talk by telling a story of how a man whom influenced him to become a writer for a newspaper so he would have the chance to travel the world and experience all the good and bad the world held. Simon took the man’s advice and quit his job. Assuming that as soon as he applied for a job for a newspaper company he would be hired, he was met with disappointment. During his wait to be hired for a newspaper company he assumed a job to get him by. After two years of waiting, he was hired and sent to Washington D.C. during the time of the Water Gate scandal. After Washington “grew quiet”, he decided to go hiking in Wales, which is where the man who influenced him on his journey
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Surprised at the discovery, Winchester quickly accepted his friend’s decision to change from a man to a woman. In transition from the story of his encounter with his new friend, Winchester begins to open up with his thoughts about the 1906, San Francisco earthquake. Winchester describes the event as a “shock to the system.” He mentions how it was something that the city had yet to experience. It was a total shock to the citizens. Winchester goes on to say that the earthquake rattled the citizens and with the swift thinking of a man whom was disregarded as a cannibal, made orders to “bring more soldiers back to the city” to contain the devastation. In order to stop the grand fires from spreading further and create greater devastation, the man used bombs to lay the buildings down so they would act as a barrier of containment. By doing so, the man was able to contain the fires. Six hours after the earthquake, relief was ordered to ease the pains of the citizens. There was a total of about 250,000 citizens who were in need of help. After the degree of compassion, the man had shown, he was regarded as a man with
Surprised at the discovery, Winchester quickly accepted his friend’s decision to change from a man to a woman. In transition from the story of his encounter with his new friend, Winchester begins to open up with his thoughts about the 1906, San Francisco earthquake. Winchester describes the event as a “shock to the system.” He mentions how it was something that the city had yet to experience. It was a total shock to the citizens. Winchester goes on to say that the earthquake rattled the citizens and with the swift thinking of a man whom was disregarded as a cannibal, made orders to “bring more soldiers back to the city” to contain the devastation. In order to stop the grand fires from spreading further and create greater devastation, the man used bombs to lay the buildings down so they would act as a barrier of containment. By doing so, the man was able to contain the fires. Six hours after the earthquake, relief was ordered to ease the pains of the citizens. There was a total of about 250,000 citizens who were in need of help. After the degree of compassion, the man had shown, he was regarded as a man with