Imagine the perfect city. It’s flourishing, and has lots of money, goods, and bustling markets. Not very many people are homeless and most people are prosperous. Now, all this is broken, ruined, and destroyed. A terrible earthquake and a raging fire demolished most of the San Francisco city. This earthquake took place on April 18, 1906 at 5:15 a.m. Most of the city was still asleep when the tremors started. The first tremor lasted about 1 minute, although it was the biggest one. Other smaller tremors continued throughout the morning. Many buildings and houses were crumbled, whilst gas and water lines broke starting a fire. Around 315 people died during the earthquake, but the overall death toll was around 700 people. The earthquake left around
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On Page 4 of “Comprehending the Calamity”, she uses words and phrases like, “Every man was his brothers keeper.” and “...encouraging signs of our progress in practicing the golden rule, and humanity’s struggle upward toward the example of our Savior.” Likewise, In Fred Hewitt’s personal narrative, “Horrific Wreck of the City” On Page 1 the text says, “It turned my stomach, gave me a heartache that I will never forget and caused me to sink upon my knees and pray to the Almighty God that me and mine should escape the awful fate I knew was coming to so many thousands.” The proves the way both Fred Hewitt and Emma burke respect god, and the things god is able to do, makes them think in the same religious mindset as each other. Another Example of this is on page 1 of “Horrific Wreck of the City”, the text states, “I was within a stone’s throw of that city hall when the hand of an avenging God fell upon San Francisco. The ground rose and fell like an ocean at receding tide.” Similarly in “Comprehending the Calamity”, some of the phrases on page 4 are, “Everyone spoke to everyone else with a smile.” and “All artificial restraints of our civilization fell away with the earthquakes shocks.” This shows how Emma Burke and Fred Hewitt both describe the rise of the human species is in a christian format, or in a way that respects and influences the Christian religion. Both authors use the same religious Christian aspect, to observe the earthquake and recount what
On Page 4 of “Comprehending the Calamity”, she uses words and phrases like, “Every man was his brothers keeper.” and “...encouraging signs of our progress in practicing the golden rule, and humanity’s struggle upward toward the example of our Savior.” Likewise, In Fred Hewitt’s personal narrative, “Horrific Wreck of the City” On Page 1 the text says, “It turned my stomach, gave me a heartache that I will never forget and caused me to sink upon my knees and pray to the Almighty God that me and mine should escape the awful fate I knew was coming to so many thousands.” The proves the way both Fred Hewitt and Emma burke respect god, and the things god is able to do, makes them think in the same religious mindset as each other. Another Example of this is on page 1 of “Horrific Wreck of the City”, the text states, “I was within a stone’s throw of that city hall when the hand of an avenging God fell upon San Francisco. The ground rose and fell like an ocean at receding tide.” Similarly in “Comprehending the Calamity”, some of the phrases on page 4 are, “Everyone spoke to everyone else with a smile.” and “All artificial restraints of our civilization fell away with the earthquakes shocks.” This shows how Emma Burke and Fred Hewitt both describe the rise of the human species is in a christian format, or in a way that respects and influences the Christian religion. Both authors use the same religious Christian aspect, to observe the earthquake and recount what