Life as we Knew it
Author: Susan Beth Pfeffer
Miranda is a normal 16 year old girl with divorced parents, who lives in Pennsylvania. She has two brothers, one in university and one who's younger. Soon she will have a half-sibling and her preoccupation is that she may became her godmother. This week, everyone has been very excited about the asteroid that's going to heat the Moon, soon everyone will be able to see the asteroid with their naked eyes. When the event finally happened, scientists realized that the asteroid had moved the moon closer to Earth. This caused tsunamis and floods, most of the coasts had disappeared and islands had been covered by water. Miranda and her family were preoccupied about others but they knew nothing was going to be the same.
Miranda wrote an essay about how people prefer watching the old stuff they are used to instead of the new and unknown discoveries. "Men were walking on the moon for the very first time in history and people preferred watching Dr. McCoy say, "He's dead, Jim," for the thousandth time." This weekend, we were able to see the lunar eclipse and it was amazing but I noticed that a lot of people didn't really care about it. Some appreciated the unique opportunity of watching this weird phenomena but others didn't really even care. Scientists said that this eclipse and red moon would be able to be seeing within almost 78 years from now but for some people didn't matter. Many other people couldn't see the moon and they were very upset about it. We need to appreciate the unique events we can witness and enjoy them.
People fear about the unknown things, people, places, things, animals, events and much more things. "I looked out my window just now. I tried to look at the moon, but it scares me." Even though people know they will have to adapt someday, they always feel scared at first. Human nature forces us to act that way but we need to be able to control that, there are always going to be new things we will need to adapt to and we will not be able to do it if we live in fear. Large groups of people are moved by fear, many do things unconsciously just because they fear, which is wrong. Humans need to be conscious about what they do, and if they are doing it for fear, they must stop.
Our society has changed a lot over time but the factor that has stayed the same is the idea that old is better. A lot of people are used to certain type of things and don't pay attention to the new thing even though they might be better. New and unknown scares others. We should take advantage of the new technology or discoveries people are making and appreciate we are able to use and enjoy them.
Luciana, I really like how you summarize everything you read into one small and concise paragraph. Also, I think that your use of images is great, you use a variety. I would only suggest that you improve on your grammar a little bit since I found a coupple of mistakes there.
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