Short Story presentation ~ Earthquake ~

My uncle Nedi believes that his electric fence caused an earthquake.

Uncle Toby witnessed how the Earth was divided into two halves, being drained from the lake in just a few seconds and swallowing all his trees. It is difficult for him to return to work.

Then in the earthquake his father could not do anything to show that he was just a normal person, not a superhero.

Uncle Tobias Desmond is a symbol of the state of human psychology. He showed weakness of human mindset

Earthquakes represent the difficult tasks people face in their lives and how they can change people.

The house in the story symbolizes that the place sometimes looks safe, but in reality nothing is really safe.

"It has totally released from the crack opened to the earth and it must arrive somewhere in the ocean as it comes back with an entangled golden yellow kelp knot.Trees and sorting at the Uncle Toby factory table

After a while the crack opens somewhere, a snake crosses his land and divides him into his feet and swallows him.

"When the waves shook, they shook but they did not start rowing towards the shore, they began to turn and slowly turned around and waved around the open vortex. They did not shout for help, they just turned and turned, and finally slipped into the shoot, and the cork fell. "

"I recall that the post office was the only brick building in the whole valley, it defeated the mountain of rubble, which existed for 23 years, as we have been bombed from the air Did you see it? "

"My mother said that I am making bread," Like I was crazy, you know how to make them enjoy the way I pushed the fabric. I thought about it now. Now that I did it, the fabric started to counterattack. ""

"How are you?" My father said. 'What do you mean? There is not any feeling here. He put his hand on my shoulder. "Is there any change here?"

Constance Fung November 3, 2015 Block 3 Earthquake: Image Essay At Jack Hodgins' short story 'Earthquake', a series of tumbling bricks embodies the theme, human-nature relationship. In the event of the earthquake, the boy began to notice that the earth is not always strong under its feet, so I could understand how powerful the character is compared to human power . Thus, through the image of the collapse of the bricks, the story clearly shows how nature is ultimately more powerful than human beings. The image of red bricks falling from the roof shows that nature is much stronger than humans. As the earthquake proceeded, the red brick fell violently from the balcony, the boy looked helpless, and he began to understand the amount of control the earth had.

"After the earthquake" is a collection of imaginary short stories written by Haruki Murakami, which became known after the emotional influence of the Kobe earthquake. The leading role of "UFO of Kushiro" is a Japanese salesman's small village, now living like ordinary people. But five days after the earthquake, Kimura's perfect life will collapse when I find a letter indicating that my wife has left forever. Kimura used this idea and stopped his work and started shipping a small box to another place in the country. Haruki Murakami presents the story in various ways. Visual images are one of the authors' senses in stories, which helps readers imagine paintings ... more

I like short stories. As short stories can be read right away, readers can be satisfied instantly. In many cases, the short story is a combination of objective fact description and poetry. As Pau wrote, it presents a unified impression of time and effect. Usually there is only one setting, limited letters and simple plot. The author's view is established and may change at the end of the story. Many times, a short story makes it possible for the reader to wish that the story does not end, but it allows you to enjoy a close relationship with the hero.

Do you like reading short stories? The novel is a more popular form of fiction, but do you like to read short stories? Rarely, sometimes or frequently read them