The Earthquake by Jack Hodgins

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.

Is it impossible for a father to stop rolling the brick wall? (Hodgins, p. 5) "The boy also knows the mother, runs through the house running to save the baby and heads to the other children.By his experience, his parents forever We can not defend the hero: in reality, "Mothers always remain peaceful in all kinds of emergencies, until the end of the time until you keep the house you live in a stable, safe and truthful condition. (Hawkins, 5) "This boy can feel that Earth is obviously stronger than his parents.The image of a red brick, regardless of the fact that the world can not be safely eternally, the boy was initially in charge of her parents I thought it was exactly like a superhero, but the earthquake finally reminded me that the power of the earth has far exceeded the power of my parents.