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 Hot Zone In the book the Hot Zone‚ by Richard Preston‚ the first few pages are introducing the reader into the world of contagious hot agents by going through the biosaftey procedures to access level 4. In part one‚ Charles Monet a fifty-six year old Frenchman living in western Kenya on the lands of the Nzoia Sugar Factory is introduced‚ but as his story continues he finds himself greatly ill by some unknown virus. It began shortly after a visit with a friend to Kitum Cave. Of course
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Within Richard Preston’s‚ The Hot Zone‚ the very real threats posed by the deadly viruses of Marburg and Ebola Reston is brought to attention through the “terrifying true story”. In the first chapter‚ Charles Monet is introduced as a man with a little too much free time and works at the pump house at the sugar factory within near the base of Mt. Elgon. One day in 1980‚ he takes a female friend to Kitum Cave‚ and it is believed that this is the day he caught the Marburg virus. The first symptoms include
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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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Primo Levi was captured at the age of 24 by the Fascist Militia on December 13‚ 1943. Although Levi was a chemist with a degree‚ graduating from Turin in 1941‚ summa cum laude‚ he was treated just like all the other prisoners until his skill was proven and gave him a longer chance to survive. Because he was a Jew‚ he was sent to a detention camp along with the other English and American prisoners-of-war who were also “people not approved of by the new-born Fascist Republic” (Levi‚ 14). Later‚ he
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an artfully fabricated imitation of ordinary conversation. My poems‚ like those of Frost‚ characterize a tone of amused and ironic detachment. Robert Frost has a unique conversational style that is unlike any other dramatists. Frost has written a large number of poems in which the speakers are engaged in conversations and tends to characterize the speakers as more of dramatic actors. In terms of poetic style‚ Frost utilizes the iambic pentameter and the iambic tetrameter in his conversational pieces
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Robert Frost was one of America’s leading 20th-century poets and a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. He has been an inspiration to many young writers and aspiring poets. Although he lived through a troubled and tragic life‚ Frost was able to express his unique view of nature and the world around him in the delicate art of poetry. His direct and easy-to-read poems made him one of the most recognized poets in the country. Robert Frost had the ability to make his poems accessible to anyone reading
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Dawson Yates Professor U 15‚ November 2012 Robert Frost Essay Dealing with Death “To be subjective with what an artist has managed to make objective is to come on him presumptuously and render ungraceful what he in pain of his life had faith he had made graceful.” (Lowell 1). Robert Frost’s ability to connect nineteenth century renaissance poetry with American poetry makes him one of the best poets of our time. In his poem‚ Home Burial Frost shows the struggle of a married couple‚ Amy and her
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Robert Frost was a four-time Pulitzer Prize winning American poet‚ teacher‚ and lecturer. He is well known for his poems depicting the rural countryside of New England and his universally relatable themes. Frost endured a rough upbringing and tragic events later in life; however‚ he had an explosive career of writing poetry in New England and America. Frost was also well respected for being a teacher and his speeches. Robert Frost is one of America’s greatest poetry writers‚ teachers and public speaker’s
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Francisco in the spring of 1874‚ Robert Frost is considered to be amongst‚ if not solely‚ the greatest poets in American history. Around age eleven‚ Frost moved to New England where the majority of his poetic inspiration is presumably drawn from. Although he never managed to obtain a collegiate degree‚ he did attend both Dartmouth and Harvard‚ two of the countries most prestigious universities. Publishing his first poem entitled “My Butterfly” in 1894‚ Frost began his career as a poet just as the
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