The Johnstown Flood The Johnstown flood is tragic story. Almost a myth these days‚ thousands of lives were lost only hundreds saved. David McCullough artfully tells the story of the dam that broke‚ because of ignorance and neglect‚ and the individual lives that it affected‚ he crafts together the facts of the disaster with the emotion making you see and feel the pain and hurt. When the huge dam broke and hundreds of thousands of gallons of water went rushing down into the valley there was nothing
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Response Paper of the Johnstown Flood “Johnstown flood” is a short story written by David McCullough. This story talks about the miraculous survival of a little girl named Gertrude. Gertrude’s sheer luck got her up the hill safely. Of course‚ with the help of several people she met along the way. I think that this is an extraordinary act of how worked together and some people put his/her life at risk to save a small child that they didn’t even knew. I fell that this is a great example of how
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you less prepared. Expect anything from anyone." In the story "Noah and the Flood‚ " God surely proved his intelligence‚ strength‚ and aggression to the evils of the earth. In the story "Noah and the Flood" God saw that the world was full of corruption and lawlessness so he decided to send a great flood to extinguish all of the earth’s evilness. God saw no fault in Noah and entrusted him with the task of building an enormous ark to shelter Noah along with his wife‚ his three sons accompanied by each
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Wickedness of the People (Methuselah’s wisdom and knowledge were inherited by his grandson Noah‚ the son of Lemech. Noah was a righteous and pious man.) When Noah was five hundred years old‚ he had three sons--Shem‚ Ham‚ andJapheth. They too were good and pious men‚ fearing and loving G-d‚ and unlike all the other inhabitants of the earth‚ who had gradually become more and more depraved. Yet neither Noah nor Methuselah could change the evil ways of the people around them‚ in spite of the many warnings
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Mariah Wolford History 202 “The Johnstown Flood” Johnstown Flood Having taken classes about Pennsylvania history in high school and being familiar with this horrible flood‚ I was very happy with this book. The author‚ David McCullough‚ does a masterful job setting the scene‚ the politics surrounding the dam and the subsequent failure of that dam. Johnstown was a typical American town for that day and time. People worked hard and earned little. The environment was polluted to some extent‚
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of the Johnstown Flood of May 31st 1889‚ which provides arguments for why the disaster was both "the work of man" and "a visitation of providence". However‚ it is apparent that McCullough believes that man was more responsible than nature/god for the extent of the catastrophe. In McCullough’s opinion‚ the storm that caused the flood was no more than the inevitable stimulus of the disaster‚ whereas the deferred maintenance and poor repairs on the dam were the primary reason that Johnstown was devastated
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prove whether the Johnstown flood was an actual natural disaster or if the people believe it was a sign from God. I will support my thesis with facts from survivors and how they portrayed the flood. Useful verses from the Bible‚ Genesis‚ can also support my points of religious reasons being the cause of the flood. I will also use the statements from newspapers and articles explaining what they “suggest” happened. The world’s worst known catastrophe occurred May 31‚ 1889 in Johnstown‚ Pennsylvania
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You cannot talk about the story of the Great Flood without discussing the life of Noah. The story of Noah and the ark is probably one of the most read stories of the bible. The story of Noah and the Great Flood is sometimes questioned or debated whether or not it really happened. Some people believe by the grace of God that Noah was picked for this assignment in his life. Noah with the help of God was able to accomplish this task and that this event really did occur. There are others who do not believe
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The story of Noah popular because it is said on the bible. The story is very interesting because it was the word of God who was stated and on what happened before or where we comes from. Noah’s story was a tragedy for many people that affects the flood. But in the other hand it serves as a lesson that this story might impact us until this present that the wickedness of the people from that time might teach us warning to the future. Noah establish favor in God’s perceptiveness. With precise specific
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Gilgamesh vs. Noah By It is said that life is 10% what you make it and 90% how you take it. It is not the circumstances of life that determine a person’s character. Rather‚ it is the way a character responds to those circumstances that provides a display of who he is. "From the Epic of Gilgamesh"‚ as translated by N.K. Sandars‚ and "Noah and the Flood" from the Book of Genesis‚ both Gilgamesh and Noah face similar circumstances‚ but don’t always respond to them the same way. Accepting
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