Catastrophe

American roommate was shocked that she could speak English so well. Her American roommate assumed that she didn’t know how to use a stove, listened to tribal music and in general pitied her. She had a single story of Africans, “a single story of catastrophe.” As she spent more time in the U.S., she began to understand her roommate’s response to her. If the only things she knew about Africa came from popular images, she too would believe that it was simply a place of natural beauty but with…

“History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.”-Karl Marx. The great war, the war to end all wars, or more commonly known as World War One, was arguably the third biggest catastrophe in human history. It was a terrible forest fire that ravaged continents and burned entire empires to the ground, bringing over a hundred billion dollars of destruction and ending the lives of close to 65 million people. But from forest fires come a rebirth. In the same way, the great war brought forth…

Walt Disney World Catastrophe By:Maddy (https://pixabay.com/en/disneyland-castle-1180954/) It was a nice summer day and me, my grandma, my grandpa, my sisters, my brother, my mom, and my dad was at Walt Disney World, Florida early in the morning. I personally love Disney World, all the rides,all the food, and last of all, all the people! Everything is so cool. Everything was ay okay until my mom confidently said, “Let's get into separate groups! Yai, Yai (Grandma) you go with Desi, Kayla, and…

election that took place more than two hundred years ago. This shocking election is told by Edward Larson in his narrative of the election of 1800. Edward Larson was born in 1953 and is an American historian and a legal scholar. Larson’s A Magnificent Catastrophe is a novel about the momentous election that happened in 1800 and would eventually lead to the future of democracy. His account of this election is very useful especially for people who are looking for a general view…

The World War Catastrophe The story begins with the 2017 president elections in between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. It was the middle of the night when they showed the results of the elections. Donald trump had won the elections. There were furious mobs of people that didn’t agree with Donald Trump being elected as president. Even Pele the ex famous soccer player that played for New York's cosmos, in the North American soccer league was mad about Donald Trump becoming president. Donald…

divisions of belief, later to be called “parties,” formed, the art of campaigning was established, the raw emotions of politics unraveled, and the role of the United States relative to other nations came to be. In Edward Larson’s A Magnificent Catastrophe, this reshaping of the United States resulting from the Election of 1800 is analyzed. To begin, one must first note the culture and context of America during this time period. One of the very first things Larson addresses about the United…

Go-Kart Catastrophe There I was, flying around the corner, going as fast as the machine I was driving would take me. Up around the corner was a sharp left turn. I thought the wheel would turn more than it did, but it did not and I screeched around the corner going a lot farther to the right than I would’ve wanted. It was so far off course that I missed the turnoff and I was now on a headed straight on a collision course. I was going to crash. ❊❊❊ I travelled a lot as a kid. It was never far…

by Calvin R. Worthington and ‘Genesis and catastrophe’ by Roald Dahl are two eloquent short stories that make use of imagery to develop ideas and explore key themes. In ‘My Father’s hands’, Worthington creates thought provoked themes regarding fear and strength whilst providing an understanding for ideas such as how grief builds us as people who have experienced the loss of loved ones. Similarly to Worthington’s short story, Dahl in ‘Genesis and catastrophe’ also explores death and survival as…

Europe in the 14th century as the Black Death swept the continent. This tragedy came from central Asia, and then in late 1347-1348 spreads to much of Europe where approximately one third of the population died within just two short years. This catastrophe was a major mystery with no even attack plan. In various parts of the continent upwards of 90% of the population died. Many asked the cause of this deadly disease, as well as if it had a divine origin. From this plague came much change. People,…

A Magnificent Catastrophe, written by author Edward J. Larson, is focus on the First Presidential Campaign in the 1800s. Prior to 1800, the United States had not presidential election, but electoral politics is re-oriented United States in it is definite direction and solidified the two party system since 1800, so that is reason why this book is worth of notice. He has written about Founding Fathers of America who are Jefferson, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and Aaron Burr during the critical…