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Eula Bliss's 'Time And Distance Overcome'

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Essay about “Time and Distance Overcome” A miracle. That is how Eula Bliss felt about the invention of the telephone. Perhaps because it is a miracle. Worldwide communication. Suddenly everyone is only a one phone call away and we are all connected. The invention of the telephone was a gold shining idea, an idea that only had one purpose: to connect people – the invention did connect people, but it also did so much more than that. Something that will be overshadowing the invention forever. The essay “Time and Distance Overcome” was written in 2008 by Eula Bliss, who is an American non-fiction writer. The essay follows significant themes such as the invention of the telephone including the war of the telephones and racism, specifically lynching. The essay is divided into three distinct parts. The first segment of the essay is written with a positive tone – compared to the other two segments (page 8, lines 57-59). The first segment is describing the invention of the telephone and the “war on the telephone poles”. The second segment is completely separated from the first segment. The second segment is a stream of facts that is being repeated throughout the whole segment. The reason for the repetition is that the author wants to emphasize what happened when the telephone was invented. The author’s intention with this is presumably to say that what happened was not alright. The third and final segment ties the whole essay together. The last segment is an overall conclusion with

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