Pure High Note

Ryan DeVuyst Composition II David Cantwell 15 March 2013 A Pure, High promissory note of Anguish by Barbara Kingsolver Barbara Kingsolvers A Pure, High Note of Anguish, expresses her painful distress in seeing innocent state function without having d nonpareil any function to deserve it. To Americans, Kingsolver says thither be no worse days, it seems, referring that 9/11 is the belabor thing thats of every time come oned in the world. Kingsolver symbolizes the children jump in the street as the hatred that former(a) countries fall in against the United States. Kingsolver turn overs asking, Will this exceed to me? is the wrong question because al approximately perpetually plenty die without having done anything to deserve it. To Kingsolver, people almost always die without having done anything to deserve it. To this I agree. e trulyplace 3,000 people were killed during the attacks in New York urban center and Washington, D. C. , including more than 400 police officer s and firefighters (History). As of June 2006, 1577 Louisiana residents had been confirmed as dead person as a provide of Katina (Sharkey). push back vehicle crashes in the United States result in more than 40,000 deaths per year (Hitti). apiece year globally, 12. million people take aim they gravel cancer, and 7. 6 million people die from the disease (CDC). As most people would speak up, every one of these victims are innocent people who do not deserve to die. As seen above, these causes of deaths can be from attacks, natural disasters, accidents, and diseases. Death is something that occurs in personality and it is both inevitable and final (Cole). No one knows when, where or how they will die. The still thing that is certain is no one deserves to die. Kingsolver states There are no score days, it seems, meaning that this is the surpass thing that has ever legislateed in the world.Maybe it was the whisk thing to happen in the world at that time, notwithstanding for all of history no. On December 26th, 2004, in Southeast Asia an seism occurred out at sea in the Indian Ocean, which immediately caused a noxious tsunami to happen. An estimated 230,000 people died (Wikramanayake). Do we Americans believe that is the worst thing to ever happen in the world? Of course not because we think 9/11 is the worst thing to ever happen to us. phratry 11, 2001, stands as the defining event of the 21st century. It was the worst day of my life and the best day.It was the worst day because of the incomprehensible death, destruction and evil. September 11 was also the best day because it put on display the very finest human instincts compassion, courage, kindness, selflessness (Giuliani). These are the row of former New York Mayor Rudi Giuliani, who was the mayor during 9/11. Kingsolvers child was inquire why there were children dancing in the streets after the news of 9/11. I actually thought the same and look upon vividly watching when this occurred on the n ews.Kingsolver symbolizes these children dancing in the streets as people stimulate their hatred towards the United States. Everybody knows there has been some(prenominal) anti-Americanism in the Middle East (Tooley). moreover it is undeniable that many Middle Easterners be in possession of good reason, from their perspective, to hate the USA (Tooley). In Iraq, for example, it would be amazing indeed if the ferocious death rate among civilians especially children since the censor and the steady number of civilian casualties from our act bombing had not created feelings of hatred which would portray cause for celebration now (Tooley).Kingsolver and others believe that our country needed to learn how to offend from these attacks. I believe that is true and that we have also overcome the hurt. Al al-Qaidas intentions of these attacks were to break the United States down. unless I believe that it only do the United States stronger as a res publica and more aware of threa ts against us. Psychologically, the nation joined together in a whiz that had not been seen since the end of World fight II (Jensen). When it comes to our national security and our knowingness of the threat from Islamic extremists, we are rectify prepared than we were but not as prepared as we should be. Our intelligence prove is better and our airport security is better, for all its frustrations, (Giuliani). Will this happen to me? is the wrong question, Im sad to say. The question should rightfully be, when will this happen to me? That question is unexplored to everyone. No one can call off the moment of death (Scott). People wake up each day and have no clue what will happen to them.