Sandra Alexander The Hot Zone: A Scary Truth Richard Preston weaves a true tale about a chilling story of an Ebola virus (A disease-causing agent smaller than a bacterium‚ consisting of a shell made of proteins and membranes and a core containing DNA or RNA. A virus depends on living cells in order to replicate.) outbreak that occurs in a suburban Washington‚ D.C. laboratory in 1989. In this laboratory‚ monkeys being used in scientific experiments quickly sicken and die due to a filovirus
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Jeffrey Boateng This more of an assignment then an essay to help people who are reading the Hot zone. Diction: choice of words Tone: The attitude of the speaker or writer as revealed in the choice of vocabulary. The Hot Zone by Richard Preston General Tones: Caution‚ fear‚ and uncertainty Example one: Once a virus hits the net‚ it can shoot anywhere in a day-Paris‚ Tokyo‚ New York‚ Los Angles‚ wherever planes fly. Charles Monet and the life form inside him had entered the net. Richard Preston
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The Cambodian Genocide took place because a man named Pol Pot made an army called the Khmer Rouge and set out to create the perfect society. However‚ his method of creating this society involved millions of innocent people dying. He killed people to try and eliminate the old society. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge used the fear of others to shape their identity by making them feel safe‚ committing mass killings‚ and deprivation. In 1954 Cambodia became independent‚ after being ruled by the French.
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called a melting pot; however‚ I would argue that America should no longer be called a melting pot. The term melting pot suggests that immigrants should assimilate into American culture. Instead‚ America should be looked upon as a salad bowl society or a mosaic work of art allowing our newcomers to bring their racial and ethnic differences to the country. This allows our newcomers to “retain their own national characteristics while integrating into a new society” (“Melting Pot America”). We‚ as
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America: Melting Pot vs. Salad Bowl Multiculturalism is also known as ethnic diversity relating to communities containing multiple cultures. The term is used in two different broad ways‚ descriptively and normatively. By using the descriptive term‚ we usually refer to the simple fact of cultural diversity. This can be applied to the demographic make-up of a specific place and sometimes at the organizational level such as schools‚ neighborhoods or nations. The normative term is often referred to
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Cynthia Bahorich Extended Essay Introduction When Pol Pot took over Cambodia‚ it was one of the most horrible genocides next to the Holocaust‚ in the 1970’s; this was a big part of history. In March 1970‚ Marshal Lon Nol‚ a Cambodian politician who had previously served as prime minister‚ and his pro-American associates staged a successful overthrow to depose Prince Sihanouk as head of state. At this time‚ the Khmer Rouge had gained members and was positioned to become a major player in the civil
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throughout the entire book. The novel illustrates how the virus outbreaks had its outbursts‚ rapidly demolishing and destroying the human population gradually as there is no known cure and control over the destruction. Richard Preston discusses in The Hot Zone‚ the different factors that contribute to those outbreaks‚ such as hygiene and the lack of knowledge about the virus. Even a slight lack of hygiene can possibly contribute to the vital outbreaks in numerous ways. One of the major factors that contribute
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San Diego Chicken Pie Shop. Before entering the restaurant‚ it was difficult to find parking which his always a sign of a good restaurant. Once you find parking and enter the restaurant‚ you are greeted by the delicious smell of fresh chicken pot pies and by an older waitress who quickly seats you. You can choose to dine in or take out. The time was around noon‚ the place was packed‚ and the décor looked like it hadn’t been updated since 1985. Most of the patrons were older folk that look
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Biography of Pol Pot. Boulder‚ CO: Westview P‚ 1992. Chandler‚ David P Donnell‚ John C. "Vietnam 1979: Year of Calamity." Asian Survey 20 (1980): 19-32. JSTOR Frieson‚ Kate. "The Political Nature of Democratic Kampuchea." Pacific Affairs 61 (1988): 405-427 Jackson‚ Karl D. "Cambodia 1977: Gone to Pot." Asian Survey 18 (1978): 76-90. JSTOR Jackson‚ Karl D. "Cambodia 1978: War‚ Pillage‚ and Purge in Democratic Kampuchea." Asian Survey 19 (1979): 72-84 Kiernan‚ Ben. The Pol Pot Regime: Race‚ Power
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#1 New York Times Bestseller‚ The Hot Zone‚ written by Richard Preston works with its main goal of educating society on the disturbing topic of the Ebola virus. It attempts and adequately completes its goal to reveal the terrifying truth of the origins of this deadly virus to the whole of society. It is due to the fact that the Ebola Virus is both highly deadly as well as an infectious disease that it comes as no surprise that it is classified as an exotic “hot” virus. While the book takes place
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