“Everything fell, and Miss The author is By providing the details of the Sasaki lost consciousness. documenting the building falling in as a result The ceiling dropped suddenly exact moment that of the bomb, the reader is able and the wooden floor above the Atomic Bomb to imagine what it must have collapsed in splinters and the was used for the been like to be there. The people up there came down first time ever. He writer uses many references and the roof above them gave details the to things falling and collapsing way ; but principally and first experiences of one around the survivor. This of all, the bookcases right of the survivors repetition includes the behind her swooped forward who was badly phrases: “everything fell,” and the contents threw her injured by falling “floor above down, with her left leg debris. collapsed,” “people up there horribly twisted and breaking came down;” “roof above underneath her. There, in the them gave way,” “threw her tin factory, in the first down.” moment of the atomic age, a This series of details and human being was crushed by images helps to create the -- books” (10) sense of the sky falling or the world ending which is how the survivors may have felt. The final thought of the passage could be viewed as ironic in that it might be expected that a species that has the intelligence to form the thoughts that create something as civilized as books would not use its intelligence for to harm its own kind. The use of the dash before the final word draws attention to the irony of the thought. Assignment 2: Free Response Essay Join the Google Classroom for our class. Class Title: AP Lang and Comp 2017 Class Code: 3lz16hp I will send each of you an invitation to join our Google Classroom, and you can always contact me at the email address given at the beginning of this document. Once you have joined the Google Classroom, you will find details for the writing assignment there. This assignment must be completed and “turned in” on Google Classroom by Aug. 1st.
“Everything fell, and Miss Sasaki lost consciousness. The ceiling dropped suddenly and the wooden floor above collapsed in splinters and the people up there came down and the roof above them gave way ; but principally and first of all, the bookcases right behind her swooped forward and the contents threw her down, with her left leg horribly twisted and breaking underneath her. There, in the tin factory, in the first moment of the atomic age, a human being was crushed by -- books” (10) The author is documenting the exact moment that the Atomic Bomb was used for the first time ever. He details the experiences of one of the survivors who was badly injured by falling debris. By providing the details of the building falling in as a result of the bomb, the reader is able to imagine what it must have been like to be there. The writer uses many references to things falling and collapsing around the survivor. This repetition includes the phrases: “everything fell,” “floor above collapsed,” “people up there came down;” “roof above them gave way,” “threw her down.” This series of details and images helps to create the sense of the sky falling or the world ending which is how the survivors may have felt. The final thought of the passage could be viewed as ironic in that it might be expected that a species that has the intelligence to form the thoughts that create something as civilized as books would not use its intelligence for to harm its own kind. The use of the dash before the final word draws attention to the irony of the thought. Assignment 2: Free Response Essay Join the Google Classroom for our class. Class Title: AP Lang and Comp 2017 Class Code: 3lz16hp I will send each of you an invitation to join our Google Classroom, and you can always contact me at the email address given at the beginning of this document. Once you have joined the Google Classroom, you will find details for the writing assignment there. This assignment must be completed and “turned in” on Google Classroom by Aug. 1st.
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