Great Barrier Reef Tragedy

Everyone has hardships throughout life for different reasons. In life, tragic change that plagues many is necessary for one’s eyes to be opened in order to see the harsh reality of life.

In the book Metamorphosis a man named Gregor transforms into a giant cockroach overnight. His family faces the harsh reality of having to support themselves without Gregor who earned all the money. In life, tragedies that affect many people often shed light upon issues that would not have gone unnoticed or unsolved.

In life, many parallels can be seen with this theme of tragedies and realizations. One that can be seen is the death of The Great Barrier Reef. The author Brian Howard states “Death among the organisms that build the reef’s structure is most likely

When the Boston Marathon bombing occurred, 23,000 participants entered the race and many of them left injured. Authors at The History channel put it as “ The blasts instantly turned the sun-filled afternoon into a gruesome scene of destruction and chaos.” This violent act of terrorism left countless people killed, injured, and traumatized. However, this is not the only case of terrorism. September 11th, 2001 was also a devastating day for The United States of America. Almost three thousand people lost their lives.(Gale Database) As the information in the database also states, “Three of the four planes struck their intended targets: two struck the twin towers of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, and a third struck the Pentagon, home to the US Department of Defense…”. Both the Boston Marathon Bombings and the 9/11 brought attention American safety standards which have been changed for the better ever since. In Metamorphosis, Gregor’s situation caused the family to realize the had to change in the sense of only relying on a single person’s income. They soon found other means to support themselves, like the father getting a job and renting out a room in their