Help me study for my English class. I’m stuck and don’t understand.
NO PLAGIARISM
- Length:500-700 words
- MLA Format (Times New Roman, size 12, double spaced)
- Read the prompt and answer one or more of the following questions. Today we see videos of eerily empty streets and selfies with designer masks on our social media feeds. In 1918, when an influenza pandemic killed nearly 6% of the world’s humans in a single year in the middle of what was already a devastating world war, there were no videos, no selfies, no social media. That pandemic was amply documented, though, with photos, many photos. Alan Taylor, senior editor and photo chief at The Atlantic, selected these thirty photos taken in the US and other parts of the world, for a https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/04/photos-the-1918-flu-pandemic/557663/ CHECK THE LINK
- Answer one or more of the following in a journal-style response. Use paragraphs and do not write out the question(s).
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- These days, the media are full of mentions both brief and extensive of the devastating flu epidemic of 1918-19. Much of that coverage refers to the disease of a century ago as “Spanish flu,” and they do so without comment or explanation. Why, according to Taylor’s introduction, is that name inaccurate? COVID-19, the disease that was declared a pandemic early in 2020, was referred to by some in media and government as “Wuhan flu” or “Chinese flu”; why is that name considered undesirable? Is the name of the disease important? Why or why not? Explain your response.
- The medical knowledge and technology in 1918 were very different from what we have today, and that’s perhaps the most obvious difference in the handling of the two epidemics. Despite that obvious element, these century-old photos provide many interesting points of comparison and ways to reflect on the two pandemics. What similarities do these photos portray with the situation that is happening in our communities right now? Point to three similarities and explain your response. What about differences? Identify three of those and explain your observations.
- If you had encountered this set of photos a year ago, your impressions and reactions to them would almost certainly have been very different from how you are viewing them today, in the middle of a similar pandemic. This is an exercise in imagination, we know, but how might your last year’s responses be different from the ways that you are viewing and understanding the photos now? Write a short essay addressing that question.
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NO PLAGIARISM
