Doomsday And Great Mortality: A Literary Analysis

Books are a gateway to knowledge, in order for individuals to gain innovative knowledge from a book, the book must first teach. Two books that demonstrates effectively upon how books teach are “Doomsday” and “Great Mortality”. Although they both fall under different genres, they both develop skills and lesson to obtain. Doomsday being that it is a Fictional book, has an insufficient chance of genuinely guiding readers mind to a positive outcome, as the book Great Mortality, a nonfictional book, does the same.

Doomsday demonstrates metaphors and imagery through dialogue, while Great Mortality communicates through the act of citing facts placed in chronological order, with some eager use of metaphors, additionally, using statistics to guide

This book is a great example because of it’s a nonfictional approach, as it is able to play around with citations of facts placed in chronological order. This method is useful when teaching noted epidemic that occurred in history. While reading a non-fictional text about The Black Death, most audiences will be looking for facts of when it happen and where it happened. Great Mortality demonstrates its significance and examples throughout the book. However, the example I found most useful is found in the beginning of the chapter from pages 1-5. The beginning of the chapter is about the Oimmeddan. (Page 3) “Between 1250 and 1350 the medieval world experienced an early burst of globalization, and caffa, located at the southeastern edge of European Russia, was perfectly situated to exploit the new global economy". This quote from the book tells you exactly what happened, when it happen, also where it

Another specific type of metaphor that is being used in this book is a simile. Which is found on (page 13) “Environmental upheaval may also have played a role in the origin of the plague. Like a vain old matinee idol, Y. pestis is fond of ecological drum rolls. This example is a simile because it is making a comparison between environmental issues roles in the plague to a vain old matinee idol using like or as." This example is a good way to teach the reader about the cause of the Black Death without just coming out and saying it. Making a comparison allows us to make close relations to the impact of the issue at