Edgardo Felix
English 105
September 28, 2015
Ms. Dudley
The Hot Zone Review
“In a sense, the earth is mounting an immune response against the human species. It is beginning to react to the human parasite, the flooding infection of people, the dead spots of the concrete all over the planet, the cancerous rot-outs in Europe, Japan and the United States, perhaps the biosphere does not like the idea of five billion humans” (Preston 406). Richard Preston addresses that the Earth is tired of the atrocities humanity do to the planet, for example overpopulation. One of the responses the Earth has given is a virus known as Ebola which is “an infectious and generally fatal disease marked by fever and severe internal bleeding, that spreads through contact …show more content…
The book talks about a “highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington D.C. which there is no cure for”. The Hot Zone is a well written book based upon its authority, coverage, and objectivity. Authority asks questions about the author and if the research is reliable. Coverage deals with the effectiveness of presenting the information, and how would the text motivate an intended reader to learn more about the book or topic. Finally objectivity is focused on the author’s purpose and if there is bias. (Jennifer Chin, …show more content…
As in The Hot Zone, “Preston is a New Yorker writer and bestselling author, who has written several books with the theme about infectious diseases, which caused terror and vivid description of diseases. All of Preston’s writings are based upon background information and interviews.”(Richard Preston, Biography). At the end of The Hot Zone, Preston also went to the Kitum Cave, which is located in Mount Elgon, Kenya. To really experienced and see where the “hot virus” started, and contemplate where Charles Monet inherit the virus. (Preston, 379). He has published different bioterror based fiction and non-fiction books, such as The Demon in the Freezer, The Wild Trees, First Flight and The Cobra Event.
It’s a good review also based upon its coverage, the information is well presented to the reader, and it gets the reader attention by the horrific, vivid description of how disease destroy the human body. “He open his mouth and gasps into the bag, and the vomiting goes on endeleslly. It will not stop, and he keeps bringing up liquid, long after his stomach should have been empty. The airsickness bag fills up to the brim with a substance called vomito negro, balck and red, a stew of tarry granules” (Preston,
English 105
September 28, 2015
Ms. Dudley
The Hot Zone Review
“In a sense, the earth is mounting an immune response against the human species. It is beginning to react to the human parasite, the flooding infection of people, the dead spots of the concrete all over the planet, the cancerous rot-outs in Europe, Japan and the United States, perhaps the biosphere does not like the idea of five billion humans” (Preston 406). Richard Preston addresses that the Earth is tired of the atrocities humanity do to the planet, for example overpopulation. One of the responses the Earth has given is a virus known as Ebola which is “an infectious and generally fatal disease marked by fever and severe internal bleeding, that spreads through contact …show more content…
The book talks about a “highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington D.C. which there is no cure for”. The Hot Zone is a well written book based upon its authority, coverage, and objectivity. Authority asks questions about the author and if the research is reliable. Coverage deals with the effectiveness of presenting the information, and how would the text motivate an intended reader to learn more about the book or topic. Finally objectivity is focused on the author’s purpose and if there is bias. (Jennifer Chin, …show more content…
As in The Hot Zone, “Preston is a New Yorker writer and bestselling author, who has written several books with the theme about infectious diseases, which caused terror and vivid description of diseases. All of Preston’s writings are based upon background information and interviews.”(Richard Preston, Biography). At the end of The Hot Zone, Preston also went to the Kitum Cave, which is located in Mount Elgon, Kenya. To really experienced and see where the “hot virus” started, and contemplate where Charles Monet inherit the virus. (Preston, 379). He has published different bioterror based fiction and non-fiction books, such as The Demon in the Freezer, The Wild Trees, First Flight and The Cobra Event.
It’s a good review also based upon its coverage, the information is well presented to the reader, and it gets the reader attention by the horrific, vivid description of how disease destroy the human body. “He open his mouth and gasps into the bag, and the vomiting goes on endeleslly. It will not stop, and he keeps bringing up liquid, long after his stomach should have been empty. The airsickness bag fills up to the brim with a substance called vomito negro, balck and red, a stew of tarry granules” (Preston,