AOW "Five Myths About Earthquakes"

I have never experianced an earthquake, or been around an area that has. That being said if an earthquake ever did hit Michigan i would not know what to do. FEMA says that if you happen to be inside you should always stay low, stay away from windows, and take cover. If you happen to be outside in the time of an earthquake you need to stay outside and move away from buildings. You are luckiest if you are outside near an open field, then you are in the least possible harm you could be in. My family could better prepare ourselves by making sure our house is hazardous free, by moving heavy things lower to the ground. We could also make sure we are prepared for a fire if one were to break out. Having an extinguisher handy and ready to use, and checking our wiring. We would need to make a plan too, with things like, where a safe place to go would be, making and keeping a safety kit near by, and create a contact plan. They say using cell phones during the time of an earthquake is not very reliable so walky talkies would work best. I would have never known what to do during the time of an earthquake if i never would have done research on it. I am now informed and i can inform my family so we are prepared and can safely survive and earthquake.

"The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats

I thought that this poem related to the book The Lord Of The Flies, because to me the poem was about being stranded. The poem is about men turning into savages when things are out of control and confusing. Things start to fall apart without order. Like in the book, Ralph is still trying to hold onto order when Jack and the others have clearly lost it and bad things start to happen. Hunting became so important because the saveage in the boys came out. Just when you think something good might happen, it disappers before you even realize it was coming. The ship past and everyone got excited, but it wasnt until after the ship left sight that the boys realized the fire was out. There was no way the ship could have seen them. The poem symbolizes the beast in us, the book also has a hidden meaning of the beast in us. Savage is the beast in us, the beast emerges when we are without normal society around us. Human nature is a scary thing without order. That is how the poem relates to the book, in my eyes.