ipl-logo

Summary Of Sometimes The Earth Is Cruel By Leonard Pitts

574 Words3 Pages

In the article Sometimes the Earth is Cruel by Leonard Pitts, he is pretty much telling the world that life is not fair. Pitts talks about the destruction and sorrow that natural disasters cause, the poor people it happens to, and maybe the world isn’t cruel, maybe it’s God’s doings. What makes life not fair?

To start us off let’s talk a little about the article. Pitts starts his article by talking about Haiti and how it is such a poor country and how it always has natural disasters. Pitts feels sorry for the people of Haiti because they have to face all these terrible tragedies and it takes people’s life and ruins others. Over all though I don’t think he is too worried about the deaths and disasters these people face, his article focuses a lot on the fact that these people are poor and he doesn't sound censer he names off the deaths, the does it in a very casual voice. Then to make it worse he says, in a matter of fact tone. Hey, sometimes the earth is cruel,get over it. Haiti has had the only number 7 earthquake and it took 230,000 lives. Imagine the amount of devastation this caused to families and friends, thousands of people are killed each year.These things are real and they ruin people’s lives, but there is not a lot we can do about it and that is the message Pitts is trying to …show more content…

Are they poor because they have no resources. Or is it they are poor because they have to spend over 500 million dollars on rebuilding their country after each disaster. Pitts is feeling sorry that these bad things happen to poor people, but really they are a rich people: always having to spend money to rebuild their life. Pitts does point out that these people are very humble though, so they may not be rich to our standards, but these people are rich in character and that is something we American people lack. It’s very upsetting that these humble people do have to worry about disasters, it is not their fault, but the world was never a fair

Show More
Related
1202 Words | 5 Pages

Ailsa Lewis Gidick APUSH- 8 8 January 2018 The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native America Book Review Wilson James. The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native America. New York: Grove Press.

Read More
825 Words | 4 Pages

The author starts out stating that not much remains of Hugh Glass because after all, the only known direct source from Hugh Glass himself is a single letter. Because of this, not much is known about him, which the author states is why he chose him. No one knows of his opinions or his appearance. The only thing the author and other historians can definitely know for sure is that he had phenomenal survival skills. Hugh Glass was mauled by a female grizzly bear in the summer of 1823.

Read More
952 Words | 4 Pages

In this case the people of Haiti might think that the earth is willingly trying to cause them pain and suffering but the earth is just a planet so it just causes pain and suffering sometimes. Like Leonard said though, it is actually the people's fault. All these disasters and sufferings are all caused by "human hands, by human greed, human corruption, human economic and predation." It also says that "Sometimes, the earth is cruel" and it gets bad, it is bad, and we just have to deal with it and go on with our lives. The earth does get bad, all because of everything that's been happening around the world.

Read More
687 Words | 3 Pages

The first way Pitts expresses his message is his description of the Haitian people's actions after the earthquake. He writes that the Haitian people will first empathize their situation. Haiti is an extremely poor country as it is and it seems when they aren't being exploited by humans as a product of corruption, greed and economic predication, the earth itself

Read More
286 Words | 2 Pages

Weimin Deng What was intent of writing Night The emotional intent of Night was to emphasized the dehumanizing impact Holocaust inflicted upon survivors through the lens of father and son relationship. Although the survivors are deemed as victims, Ellie suggested the survivors victimizes other by maintaining their life through the death of others.

Read More
518 Words | 3 Pages

In the novel Night, by Elie Wiesel, the author elaborates on the harshness of the Holocaust and he takes us through his journey as a young adult while experiencing all the barbaric ways of the Nazis. As Elie goes on his voyage he has thoughts on whether or not he has lost his “human ways” Ellie did keep his humanity intact because he kept pushing his father to persevere through the rough times of the Holocaust and Elie still showed remorse even in the end. First off, when certain people have advantages that benefit them only they take ahold of them. In the book, Ellie never thought of himself. Although his father was weak, Eliezer woke him from a deep sleep when he rested on the train to keep Chlomo from being thrown off.

Read More
967 Words | 4 Pages

This analogy takes the concept of “disaster” in literature is taken to an extreme. While using false analogies, he is also using quotes from someone else in this section. This quote is just the opinion of someone else without being backed up by any facts. Since most of the sentence from that quote is missing, we can assume that it is taken out of context because some key elements are missing from

Read More
747 Words | 3 Pages

Every kid probably ever raised in the 21st century has heard the phrase “life's not always fair”. If by some weird phenomenon you haven't heard that, then you’ve surely heard the expression “sometimes bad things happen to good people”. Pitts simply rephrases that famous quote in his article Sometimes, The Earth Is Cruel. Every person will probably experience this feeling at least at some degree in their lives. No nation on this planet, however, has ever experienced it like the people of Haiti.

Read More
570 Words | 3 Pages

Class Stereotypes Stereotypes are seen as overgeneralized ideas, images, or beliefs of a person based on a group of people. Stereotypes can either be taken or said in a negative or positive way but mostly seen in a negative way. Stereotypes are formed on a life experience, idea or a belief a person may have towards one person based on the person’s gender, race, religion or social class. The most common stereotypes are of the social classes which are the: upper, middle and lower class.

Read More
556 Words | 3 Pages

All one has to do is look around us and they can see that the world has a lot of Social inequalities. Think about in school or work. Is there a Boo Radley? Someone who is isolated because they may be different. We've all seen racism on TV with all of the shootings and protests.

Read More
498 Words | 2 Pages

Even though Haiti’s a poor country, his people have a big heart. Parents don’t want their child to work, they make them focus on school only, and their education. On the other hand, Americans just consider a child to be lazy if at their teenage age they still don’t work. They raise their children to be independent different from Haitian that make their children to depend on them. Another fact is that Americans are not really friendly; they avoid contact with people, and they have a hypocrite smile on their face, however, Haitians are really friendly, sincere, and courteous.

Read More
1057 Words | 5 Pages

MY PRIVATE BATTLE Living with chronic illness and pain is something that isn’t easily understood by people who are not going through the same thing. Moreover, the effects of illness are an emotional and personal daily battle. All of us with Fibromyalgia are not the same!! Not one of us has the exact same symptoms. We have a lot of the same, some are worse, some are less, but no two are exactly alike!

Read More
564 Words | 3 Pages

Of george And Lennie Everyone in the world, all the time, people experience unfairness in life, rather than experiencing fairness or even equality for that matter. To some of us, life may even seem more unfair than it is completely fair. The sacrifices you make in your life will determine your future. Of Mice and Men shows how making a sacrifice may be difficult, but it will typically pay off in the long run. We can see in Of Mice and Men several examples of sacrifices that are made for the well being of someone.

Read More
736 Words | 3 Pages

The short story called “Life Isn’t Fair - Deal With It” written by Mike Myatt, is about his own opinion on why life isn’t fair, what the term “fair” is and if life itself should be fair or not be fair. Mike explained that the term “Fairness” is a individual idea and is not a natural characteristic of life. So, in this argument, Mike has told us about why everyone thinks the way they do when it comes to fairness. Some people have their own decisions and it is largely based on the decisions they congregate, and the attitude that they start to take. Some of these decisions that are being made by the people come with terrible and ghastly outcomes.

Read More
1448 Words | 6 Pages

‘Poverty’- a simple word with unlimited connotations. Poverty is a universal issue that has been plaguing our Earth for centuries; thus it is essential that the immensity of the situation is acknowledged by everyone. If looked up, you’ll find the exact definition of poverty being: ’general scarcity, dearth, or the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money. [1] Poverty is a multifaceted concept, which includes social, economic, and political elements. [2] Poverty may be defined as either absolute or relative.’

Read More

More about Summary Of Sometimes The Earth Is Cruel By Leonard Pitts

Related Topics

Open Document