Sunday, June 15, 2008

This picture is probably taken from the scene of a place after a disaster. There are dead bodies on the floor probably waiting for their family members to retrieve the bodies. As the situation of a disaster is very chaotic, it will take some time for the family members to find the bodies of their relatives.
In the center of a picture, a woman is kneeling on the floor in between two of the dead bodies. Most likely, one of the bodies beside her should belong to her family members. With both hands on her head, it can be clearly seen that she is very heart broken and depressed. The feeling of the woman can be easily understood as losing a kin suddenly is very hard to accept.Although the woman is lucky enough to survive the disaster, but her kin is not so lucky to survive the disaster.
This picture tells me the the natural disaster not only harmed people in a physical way, lke destroying infrastructure, lives, it also harmed people in a mentally way. Some people will be always living in the darkness and aftershocks of the earthquake. Some poeple lose their kin and this incident will leave a scar in them and it will take a long time for them to recover from their sorrowful emotions.

Jasmine Eng (10)

1 comment:

Mr. Lee said...

9 / 12

A sympathetic account of the experience of the woman in the picture. Go a little deeper and try to imagine her thoughts as well; probably the seemingly random cause of her relative's death is upsetting.