What is the theme of "Earthquake" by Jack Hodgins?

One of the theme of the story is that nature is stronger than a man, and we can not control everything. Another related topic is that progress is sometimes not progressive

The short story is about the family's response to the earthquake. A young earthquake talker pointed out "The most terrible thing about earthquakes is that they changed the way people see the world" (see the first link).

My uncle was severely attacked by the flood of the lake and he told the story again and again and again with new memorable information.

Of course, nobody believes in the new content of his story. However, he continues to talk to those who want to hear the story, adding details every time, making it more exciting and unbelievable than ever. (Please see the first link)

The weakness of Toby shows how fragile human mind is. The experience of a boy's father is different. He refused to be threatened.

[My] My father can laugh about being trying to kill him in the world. (Please see the first link)

Sometimes progress is not a progress but also a fact. Finally, the whole family rejected the disorder caused by the earthquake and despised by transforming the crack with a broken dish. Finally, they gave up and decided to return to what they knew and to make a brick fence instead of using an electric fence

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 earthquake, the boy started to realize that the earth is not always strong under the 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, is suitable for other children.In reality," Mothers are all kinds of emergency Keeping the peace of mind constantly and keeping the house you live in a stable, safe and truthy state all the time to the end of time (Hawkins, page 5) "This boy is clearly stronger than his parents in the Earth Regardless of the fact that the world can not be safely forever, the boy initially thought that his parents were just superheroes, but the image of the red bricks was an earthquake Finally reminded me that the power of the earth has far exceeded the power of my parents.