Oversimplify Tragedy Analysis

Is it Possible to Oversimplify Tragedy? Everyone knows or has experienced a tragedy in their life. Tragedies happen all around the world and each person may experience the same type of tragedy, for example, hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, car accidents, the 9/11 attack, or even death. Deepak Chopra tells his opinions about reactions to a tragic event in his article “After tragedy, brain needs to heal”. He lets the readers know his thoughts and feelings about how there are only two reactions to a tragedy. I disagree with Chopra’s thoughts of having only two reactions to a tragedy that he explains through his disheveled structure, logic with the use of an either-or fallacy, and lack of evidence that is in his piece.
As the basis of his argument,
He not only starts with those two reactions but he talked about the Newtown school shooting and how the people had a choice between two reactions. He started with that specific event because it is the reason that he wrote this piece. Another reason he used this event is because it is heartbreaking and traumatic for any person to hear about since it was “the mass murder of little children in Newtown, Connecticut” (Chopra). It was a hook that drew his readers in so he could inform them from there on out on his viewpoint. He then describes why a person has those two reactions, so his article flows from one paragraph to the next. He then goes onto to talk about medical science and how they feel that a tragic event affects a person. He then brings up 9/11 to discuss how he remembers his own experience, so he tried offering advice to others during the Newtown tragedy. Then he discusses how tragedy affects men and women differently since the mindset of each gender is different. He then goes back to talk about the brain and the different stages a person goes through after they experience the shock after a tragedy. He finishes his article off by stating how healing needs time. The article flows from one paragraph to the next so in that piece his structure is well
Chopra may have experienced one of those two reactions after a tragedy but that does not mean every other person on the planet will have one of those too. Chopra is basing his article off of his own experiences and not research. His article would be more persuasive if he hyperlinked the sites where he found that those are the two reactions people have. He may have meant those are the most common but once he stated that people have only two reactions he oversimplified reactions to a disaster. I know a person does not only have two reactions to a disaster since my uncle committed suicide and my reaction was anger, not shock or to rush into activities. After my anger I felt guilty for being angry since I do not understand what he was thinking during his final moment. After the guilt, I felt shock. So I am not saying that shock is not a reaction, I just do not believe there are only two reactions to horrible