Pure High Note
Ryan DeVuyst
Composition II
David Cantwell
15 March 2013
“A Pure, High Note of Anguish” by: Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver’s “A Pure, High Note of Anguish,” expresses her painful grief in seeing innocent people die without having done anything to deserve it. To Americans, Kingsolver says “There are no worse days, it seems,” referring that 9/11 is the worst thing that’s ever happened in the world. Kingsolver symbolizes the children dancing in the street as the hatred that other countries have against the United States. Kingsolver believes asking, “Will this happen to me?” is the wrong question because almost always people 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. Over 3,000 people were killed during the attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., including more than 400 police officers and firefighters (History). As of June 2006, 1577 Louisiana residents had been confirmed as deceased as a result of Katina (Sharkey). Motor vehicle crashes in the United States result in more than 40,000 deaths per year (Hitti). Each year globally, 12.7 million people learn they have cancer, and 7.6 million people die from the disease (CDC). As most people would think, 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 nature and it is both inevitable and final (Cole). No one knows when, where or how they will die. The only thing that is certain is no one deserves to die.
Kingsolver states “There are no worst days, it seems,” meaning that this is the worst thing that has ever happened in the world. Maybe it was the worst thing to happen in the world at that time, but for all of history no. On December 26th, 2004, in Southeast Asia an earthquake occurred out at sea in the Indian Ocean, which immediately
Composition II
David Cantwell
15 March 2013
“A Pure, High Note of Anguish” by: Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver’s “A Pure, High Note of Anguish,” expresses her painful grief in seeing innocent people die without having done anything to deserve it. To Americans, Kingsolver says “There are no worse days, it seems,” referring that 9/11 is the worst thing that’s ever happened in the world. Kingsolver symbolizes the children dancing in the street as the hatred that other countries have against the United States. Kingsolver believes asking, “Will this happen to me?” is the wrong question because almost always people 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. Over 3,000 people were killed during the attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., including more than 400 police officers and firefighters (History). As of June 2006, 1577 Louisiana residents had been confirmed as deceased as a result of Katina (Sharkey). Motor vehicle crashes in the United States result in more than 40,000 deaths per year (Hitti). Each year globally, 12.7 million people learn they have cancer, and 7.6 million people die from the disease (CDC). As most people would think, 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 nature and it is both inevitable and final (Cole). No one knows when, where or how they will die. The only thing that is certain is no one deserves to die.
Kingsolver states “There are no worst days, it seems,” meaning that this is the worst thing that has ever happened in the world. Maybe it was the worst thing to happen in the world at that time, but for all of history no. On December 26th, 2004, in Southeast Asia an earthquake occurred out at sea in the Indian Ocean, which immediately