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Summary Of Jonathan Fetter-Vorm's Trinity

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Every student is unique and learns better from different techniques. Some students are visual learners and others are verbal learners. In most cases students prefer certain subject fields over others. For instance, I love learning about math and science but I don’t really care for social studies. Jonathan Fetter-Vorm’s graphic novel Trinity appeals to many different types of students. Trinity tells the story of how the first atomic bomb was made and the impact is had. His book is appealing to such a wide variety of students because he intrigues them with information from every subject field, such as science, mathematics, language arts, and history. He also expands his audience by reaching different types of learners. He reaches both visual …show more content…

People like math and science because they require critical thinking and problem solving. Otniel E. Dror from The University of Chicago Press on The Reflection on Feelings, talks about why people love conducting dangerous science experiments. His studies found people enjoy doing critical science experiments because it gives them an adrenaline rush. In Trinity, Fetter-Vorm takes his audience on a nerve racking journey through various science experiments used to create the world’s first atomic bomb. Fetter-Vorm constantly described the life or death situations scientists were put in making the bomb. Page 56 in Trinity describes how easily a devastating accident could occur. It illustrates how neutrons work and explains if the wrong neutrons accidently bump into each other a chain reaction could take place that would blow everyone and everything in its radius to pieces. On this page Fetter-Vorm goes into great depth on how certain elements in the periodic table are unstable. He also discusses the movement patterns of certain elements and how elements have a precise amount of subatomic particles. Not only does the high level information about science and mathematics intrigue certain readers, but the intense situations in the book give readers an adrenaline rush they

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