Nature is a constant enemy to all human beings. By nature, humans are arrogant, selfish, and power hungry, but nature doesn’t allow that to take over. Even after losing humans still try to dominate nature, this turns into a constant failure. In The Man In The Water we are shown that even when humans try to do right by the others and give away that power, nature still conquers all. Roger Rosenblatt wrote, "Since it was he who lost the fight, we ought to come again to the conclusion that people are powerless in the world." This story proves that we do not have the power to overthrow a force as powerful and strong as nature. The author, Roger Rosenblatt, is pushing the theme of, nature conquering all things human, through his story,The Man In The Water.
To begin, in Rosenblatt’s story he shows ways that nature overpowers human life by comparing nature strength to a man at the corner of death. When Air Florida Flight 90 went down in the Potomac River it killed a lot of people on the plane as well as innocent bystanders, but one man works hard to save his fellow passengers. Rosenblatt wants this story to …show more content…
Due to the tragedy Donald Usher and Eugene Windsor’s rescue team were sent into action. They risked their lives diving into the water for survivors. A 28 year old, Lenny Skutnik, was an employee of the Congressional Budget Office. He dove into the water to drag an injured woman to shore. Skutnik is quoted as saying, "It's something I never thought I would do, but somebody had to go in the water." Nature forced these men to act during this tragedy. By doing this to these men, nature proved its power over the human mind as well. Rosenblatt wants to prove that without nature’s acts of chaos these men wouldn’t have made the decisions to help the victims of the
To begin, in Rosenblatt’s story he shows ways that nature overpowers human life by comparing nature strength to a man at the corner of death. When Air Florida Flight 90 went down in the Potomac River it killed a lot of people on the plane as well as innocent bystanders, but one man works hard to save his fellow passengers. Rosenblatt wants this story to …show more content…
Due to the tragedy Donald Usher and Eugene Windsor’s rescue team were sent into action. They risked their lives diving into the water for survivors. A 28 year old, Lenny Skutnik, was an employee of the Congressional Budget Office. He dove into the water to drag an injured woman to shore. Skutnik is quoted as saying, "It's something I never thought I would do, but somebody had to go in the water." Nature forced these men to act during this tragedy. By doing this to these men, nature proved its power over the human mind as well. Rosenblatt wants to prove that without nature’s acts of chaos these men wouldn’t have made the decisions to help the victims of the