Saturday, April 30, 2011

PARK JIN-KYUNG cause and efffect essay

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The Deadly Serial Killer, Black Death

 

"Bless you"

You may have heard this several times whenever you sneezed. This expression has its origin in medieval Europe when the plague was raging epidemic ;the plague's first symptom was sneezing. The Black death killed almost 25million people throughout Europe only in fourteenth century. This deadly disease caused a big change in European society in many ways.

 

Firstly, the plague devastated the huge population in Europe and this led to the loss of workforce, causing a wage increase. As the pay rises, the conflicts between the farmers and landlords became aggravated in the agricultural area. As a result, since lots of farmers moved to the cities, the economic system in Europe, which was based on the feudalism and manorialism, was severly hit by the impact of the Black death.

 

Secondly, the power of the church was substantially weakened after the outbreak of the plague. In the medieval Europe, churches had the absolute power in the society, but as priests got infected when they go pray for the dying people and even Pope died of the plague, people just lost the belief that churches could cure this horrible disease and save their lives. People's disappointment at the inability of the church caused its authority to fall to the bottom.

 

Finally, the outbreak of the plague affected their mental state and spreaded the pessimism throughout the countries. People were completely petrified when their family and neighbors died and were hopeless in front of the fear of the death. And this atmosphere of horror had people rely too much on the superstitious belief. They thought this was the punishment from God and murdered lots of Jewish people, blaming for killing Jesus Christ or some people committed suicide together, thinking that everything is vain.

 

The Black death was the most horrible disaster that happened in the entire human history. Not only did it change the society and the economy but it also changed human's heart. Some catastrophes come so abruptly and unexpectedly that people just die before they realize. If this kind of disaster visits us again, what should we do and what can we do?

2 comments:

  1. 1. Your main point seemed to be three effects of the plague.

    2. I like your essay just as it is. I got a lot of information on the plague.

    3. There are several unusual words in your essay. Those words can be changed to something easier or you can add more explanations, I think.

    4. For me, almost everything is perfect.

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  2. Second draft

    The Deadly Serial Killer, Black Death

    "Bless you"
    You may have heard this several times whenever you sneezed. This expression has its origin in medieval Europe when the plague was raging epidemic ;the plague's first symptom was sneezing. The Black death killed almost 25million people throughout Europe in the fourteenth century alone. This deadly disease caused a big change in European society in many ways.
    Firstly, the plague devastated the huge population of Europe and this led to the loss of workforce, causing a wage increase. As the pay rises, the conflict between the farmers and landlords was created in the agricultural area. As a result, since lots of farmers moved to the cities, the basic economic system in Europe was severly hit by the impact of the Black death.
    Secondly, the power of the church was substantially weakened after the outbreak of the plague. In the medieval Europe, churches had the absolute power in the society, but as priests got infected when they go pray for the dying people and even Pope died of the plague, people just lost the belief that churches could cure this horrible disease and save their lives. People's disappointment at the inability of the church caused its authority to fall to the bottom.
    Finally, the outbreak of the plague affected their mental state and spreaded the pessimism throughout the countries. People were completely petrified when their family and neighbors died and were hopeless in front of the fear of the death. And this atmosphere of horror had people rely too much on the superstitious belief. For instance, some people thought this was the punishment from God and murdered lots of Jewish people, blaming for killing Jesus Christ. Others committed suicide together, thinking that everything was in vain.
    The Black death was the most horrible disaster that happened in the entire human history. Not only did it change the society and the economy but it also changed human's heart. Some catastrophes come so abruptly and unexpectedly that people just die before they realize. If this kind of disaster visits us again, what should we do and what can we do?

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