How does Fitzgerald’s variety of language techniques illustrate his views on the lifestyle of the era, here and in the novel as a whole

With reference to at least two passages, show how Fitzgerald's variety of language techniques illustrate his views on the lifestyle of the era, here and in the novel as a whole. Fitzgerald uses many different literary techniques to portray his opinion of the lifestyle during the 1920's. The use of Nick Carraway as narrator continually exposes the readers to both the positives, and negatives of this era. Throughout â€Å"The Great Gatsby† Fitzgerald explores key issues of â€Å"The jazz age†. The role of women and the hierarchy of society are two of the main issues which Fitzgerald explores. Throughout passage one there is a big divide of social status and it is clear that the differences within the class hierarchy are profound: â€Å"He's so dumb he doesn't know he's alive.† Fitzgerald uses the brutal character of Tom Buchanan to portray the divide and disapproval of working class citizens like Wilson. The use of strong adjectives portrays the maltreatment of the working class. In passage two Fitzgerald presents the opposite end of the hierarchy to the readers. The readers are therefore exposed to a world of wealth: â€Å"†¦superior couples holding each other tortuously, fashionably, and keeping to the corners†¦Ã¢â‚¬  The continued use of adjectives by Fitzgerald this time creates a different image. He creates a disjointed atmosphere which is contrasted by wealth. The negative imagery that is created challenges the idea of The American Dream and the fallible belief of characters like Wilson that success and therefore wealth is essential. This contrasts the first passage where Fitzgerald portrays the negatives of poverty. Fitzgerald suggests that there was no equilibrium of success and wealth in that society. However, Fitzgerald was in fact part of the higher social class who contributed to these parties. Infidelity is a key issue that Fitzgerald exposes in this novel and this is especially true for passage one: â€Å"She smiled slowly and, walking through her husband as if he were a ghost, shook hands with Tom, looking him flush in the eye.† Fitzgerald uses his narrator Nick to observe the desperate actions of a typical working class woman of the 1920's. Fitzgerald's provocative language, â€Å"looking him flush in the eye,† portrays Myrtle's obsessive pursuit of wealth and supposed happiness. The idea of The American Dream is once again divulged, as Myrtle's quest for wealth sacrifices her marriage. The comparison of Wilson to a ghost is important because it shows that Fitzgerald disapproves of Myrtle's actions and is trying to portray her callous behaviour. The technique of formal, introductory action, â€Å"shook hands with Tom† is used by Fitzgerald in contrast to the deeper more intimate relationship beneath the superficial appearance. This represents Fitzgerald and his sympathy in this instance for the poor, hardworking citizens; even though he was himself part of this wealthy lifestyle. In passage two no direct infidelity is explored by Fitzgerald; however the idea of frivolity amongst couples is: â€Å"There was dancing now on the canvas in the garden; old men pushing young girls backward in eternal graceless circles†¦Ã¢â‚¬  Fitzgerald's use of â€Å"pushing† and â€Å"graceless† suggests that there is no connection or intensity in relationships. Similarly to the worthless marriage of Wilson and Myrtle, these couples are awkward and without attachment. The role of women is a major flaw of society within this time period. Fitzgerald suggests mistreatment in his description of, â€Å"†¦old men pushing young girls†¦Ã¢â‚¬  He emphasises the lack of connection amongst couples and presence of control over women. He disapproves of the treatment of women; however he does not defend the women or even approve of their actions, â€Å"single girls dancing individualistically†¦Ã¢â‚¬  His language is sarcastic and mocking towards the drunken women at Gatsby's party. Both sides of Fitzgerald's arguments are made more significant by the location, representing the treatment in public situations. Fitzgerald is portraying the lack of reaction amongst citizens of the 1920's. Similarly to when Tom broke Daisy's nose. Although the action was recognised by Nick it was not dwelled upon. This domination is re-emphasised later in the novel at another public party location: â€Å"Whenever he sees I'm having a good time he wants to go home.† Fitzgerald repeatedly features dominating, bullying husbands who control their wives and restrict their lives. However, some would argue that the control is to stop inappropriate behaviour of the typically drunk women of the era. This control over women is paralleled in passage one by the dominating male character of Tom: â€Å"I want to see you†¦Get on the next train.† Fitzgerald uses Tom's brutal nature and blunt direct speech to portray the worthlessness of women. Fitzgerald's language is domineering and controlling, which suggests that he has unfaithful motives for his arrangements with â€Å"his girl†. Fitzgerald portrays an entirely different character to the readers after Myrtle's death: â€Å"Tom drove slowly†¦In a little while I heard a low husky sob, and saw that the tears were overflowing down his face.† Fitzgerald show's the readers that this lifestyle can be fragile and vulnerable at times. The readers see a new side of Tom and it proves that although he was a domineering character he did have true feelings for Myrtle. Fitzgerald still represents the era by using bold and masculine adjectives, â€Å"†¦low husky sob†¦Ã¢â‚¬  This description of Tom portrays the idea that people could not show fragility without trying to be superficially strong. The male domination of characters like Tom is similar to the behaviour of Mink in â€Å"Postcards† by Annie Proulx. Mink is a very possessive and restricting character, he controls his wife Jewell: â€Å"†¦Mink wouldn't hear of it. Had a fit every time I wanted to go somewhere†¦Ã¢â‚¬  This possession is very similar to Tom and his control that he needs over Daisy. However there is a difference, Mink and Jewell are very poor farmers which are directly contrasted by the wealth of Tom and Daisy. The American Dream that so many people went in search of, hoping that money meant happiness, is proved false. Two completely different male characters from different wealth background are still dominating and controlling. Therefore, American Dream seekers like Wilson, Myrtle, The Joad family from â€Å"The Grapes of Wrath†, Lenny and George from â€Å"Of mice and Men† are blinded by a dream. Excess is an issue of the 1920's among successful wealthy people similar to those of Gatsby, Daisy and Tom. Fitzgerald displays initial disapproval of this gluttony: â€Å"†¦Champagne was served in glasses bigger than finger-bowls.† The use of an upper class comparison makes this sentence more powerful. Fitzgerald compares excess with more flamboyant objects. This is effective in the portrayal of the lavishness of parties. However, his possible disapproval is soon altered by the effects of alcohol and the narrator is soon engulfed in a wealthy society: â€Å"I had taken two finger-bowls of champagne, and the scene has changed before my eyes into something significant, elemental, and profound.† Fitzgerald condemns the consumption of alcohol and displays its dangers perfectly through the transformation of his narrator and his observations. He suggests that society's vision is clouded by alcohol and excessiveness rendering it impossible to possess educated and sensible opinions of the extravagant lifestyle. The excess of a public environment is directly contrasted with the poverty of a private location in passage one: â€Å"†¦a grey, scrawny Italian child was setting torpedoes in a row along the railroad track.† This observation made by Tom is purposefully displaying Fitzgerald's disapproval of the excess of the Buchanon's lifestyle. He shows readers that poverty was ignored by the upper class. Instead of helping the area characters similar to Tom want to ignore them and return to their luxurious lifestyles. The private location is essential in the portrayal of the ignorance to poverty and the lack of connection with menial workers like Wilson. The entire novel displays one of the biggest flaws of 1920's society, superficiality. Passage two contains the superficiality of parties and public events: â€Å"†¦Vacuous bursts of laughter rose toward the summer sky.† Fitzgerald uses a powerful adjective to describe the laughter as being fake. Imagery is created of clouds floating into the sky; this is created by Fitzgerald to display the superficial atmosphere. Everyone at the party is contributing to the hollow laughter and taking advantage of Gatsby and his hospitality. Fitzgerald is showing the readers a lack of genuine care or enjoyment, it is a superficial persona. Fitzgerald continues to show the readers that superficiality is present in private scenes like passage one: â€Å"Get some chairs†¦his wife moved close to Tom.† Fitzgerald portrays how a relationship can be superficial. Myrtle's order is brazen in order to spend time with Tom. He shows the readers that people of this era were superficial, for public show and private gain. This is similar behaviour to that of Daisy later on in the novel: â€Å"Make us a cold drink†¦As he left the room again she got up and went over to Gatsby and pulled his face down, kissing him in the mouth.† This behaviour is paralleled to Myrtle's; they are both very cold and daring in these cases. Fitzgerald believes this is wrong and he displays this by the quick pace of the sentence, it shows a rush to end the action. The behaviour is similar to that of Tom and his affair with Myrtle, which shows a strength emerging for women. Daisy is now entering into an affair just as Tom is. Fitzgerald represents a clear disapproval of the unfaithful nature of society. I think Fitzgerald uses lots of literary techniques to cover all the key issues of the 1920's. He successfully describes situations vividly and encourages the reader using Nick as narrator. The readers are encouraged to believe that the â€Å"Jazz age† was excessive, superficial, wealth obsessed and unfaithful. However, as Fitzgerald shows using Nick, it was a very attractive era which captured people and engulfed them in money.

Fallout Book Report Essay

P.S. I am sorry the summary is so long but I wanted to make sure everything in the book was covered and there being 3 people makes it 2 times longer. The novel is a memoir of the lives of three children of a meth-addicted mother, Kristina, and how her addiction affected their lives. They now live in different homes, with different parents, as well as different last names. Each of them has a different story, some more fortunate than others. Hunter knows about his sisters and new younger brothers, while Summer knows about her brothers and Autumn knows nothing. It starts with Hunter’s story; adopted and raised by his biological mom’s mother and stepfather. He refers to his adoptive parents as â€Å"Mom and Dad.† He works at a radio station in Reno, Nevada. His girlfriend, Nikki, supports him in everything he does. As Christmas approaches, he is living with Nikki and having relationship troubles. Hunter is doing drugs more frequently, and cheats on Nikki with a persi stent radio groupie. All the while, Hunter is feeling like a piece of him is missing because of the lack of knowledge about his father. When he sees him, he knows, but his father is the date of his coworker, Montana. Hunter then gets drunk and calls Brendan (his father) out on his actions about how him raping Kristina produced Hunter. Once that situation is in the past, another problem occurs, as Hunter is approached by Nikki, who hears a voicemail left by Leah on Hunter’s phone about the cheating incident. He is kicked out of Nikki’s house and takes the guestroom in his parents’ house because, thanks to Kristina, his two younger brothers, David and Donald, have moved in and taken his room. Shortly after Hunter has moved back in, he is notified that Kristina will be spending Christmas with them. Autumn’s story takes place at her grandfather’s house in Texas. Her OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) and frequent panic attacks make her a loner at school, so her best friend is her Aunt Cora. Although she promises Autumn they will always be friends, she is wooed by her massage therapist professor and taken away from her. A new boy comes to her school and is immediately taken with her. She has a hard time opening up to him and even tells him her parents are dead. His name is Bryce and he ends up being Autumn’s first boyfriend, first kiss and first time. When her aunt announces her engagement, the happiness she gets from her new boyfriend fades and she feels alone. Desperate to make sure he stays with her, she has sex with him without protection. Realizing that being drunk makes everything easier to deal with, she begins drinking to make herself feel better. Her father’s and grandmother’s interruption at Aunt Cora’s wedding only makes things worse, bringing her past to her present; then, Bryce finds out her parents aren’t dead. Devastated about the lying, Bryce leaves Autumn, and to make matters worse her drinking has gotten out of hand and she is almost raped by the groom’s cousin, Micah. The wedding ends when Autumn realizes how lonely she is and begins to wish she is pregnant, and her father finds her and tells her how she came to be. In the process, he convinces her to go to Reno for Christmas to see the mother she never knew. The California foster system took Summer away shortly after living wi th her father when they were abandoned by Kristina. She knows everyone in her family except for Autumn. Her father’s ex-girlfriends have molested and used her, causing her to be thrown in different homes with different problems. Her life is pretty stable in one home until one of the meth-using girls that also lives there molests one of the younger girls; it hits close to home and she is unable to control her anger. She gets in a fight with the meth girl and ends up getting sent to live back with her father and his girlfriend of the moment. The day after the fight, her boyfriend, Matt, saw her face and offered no sympathy, so she ran to his best friend, Kyle, who always showed interest. She ends up cheating on her boyfriend with Kyle by having sex with him. She knows that Kyle uses meth and other drugs but his loving nature has drawn her in. When he and Summer confront Matt about their newfound relationship, she sees the side of Kyle she never wanted to and realizes his addiction and anger may cause problems. The living conditions at her father’s house aren’t the be st; the constant smoking irritates her asthma and as Thanksgiving approaches, she starts to miss Kristina. She calls her, but can’t remember why; she was blown away by her mother’s selfishness and when her father is drunk later that night, he reveals that Kristina only cares about herself. Her father being drunk proves to be a much worse situation than just spilling the truth; his drinking costs him a DUI and he loses Summer. She is sent to another home in Fresno. Leaving her boyfriend and life behind, she is unwilling to move far away. When she gets to her new home, she is immediately taken aback by her new foster father. His demeanor worries her and makes her wonder what secrets the other girls in the house might have. She knows from experience not to get close to the other girls in the house, but one of the girls tells Summer her secrets and becomes attached to her. During the few days Summer is there, she hides her cell phone and planned to meet Kyle. When she sneaks from under her foster sister’s watch long enough to escape, she ends up running away with Kyle for Christmas—he is so in love with her that he even attempts to stop using meth for her, which means suffering through withdrawal. She and Kyle save up money and live out of his car while they head to a ski lodge, where Kyle plans to work. The stories collide when Kyle and Summer get in a car accident and the closest place to them is Reno, Nevada. Summer ends up calling her grandfather to pick her up from the hospital the morning after the blizzard hit and the accident happened. Hunter is out picking up Kristina and his grandfather from the airport after spending the early morning making up with Nikki. He knows that things won’t quite be merry and joyful Christmas morning with the whole family being together. Autumn and Trey show up before Summer gets there and when Trey sees Kristina, they are immediately drawn to each other and spend most of the day before dinner talking to each other. Summer tries to be sisterly to Autumn and Autumn doesn’t know what to make of all of it. When dinner starts, David asks when he’ll be going home and Kristina says she doesn’t know; Donald gets angry and tells her he never wants to go back—that he never wants to be with her again. Hunter is the first one to jump up when Kristina acts offended and he yells at her, telling her the only person responsible for what happened to her was her. Summer jumps in the argument too when Kristina begins to complain that she doesn’t have the resources to take care of her kids or give them a good life. The book ends with a newspaper article saying Marie Haskins has put her new book ‘Monster’, on indefinite hold while Kristina is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. At this point, Kristina has reunited with her husband, Trey, and with her resources, she is trying to make her life better so she can be the mother she has never been. I can’t personally connect to this book but I can emotionally connect to this book. I have a friend in my life that I like a brother to me and he has parents just like hunter, autumn and summer. Drugs are a very personal matter and mess up your life more than anyone can know until it happens to you. I felt what he felt becaus e he is such a dear friend that all I could do was worry about him and wonder how he was doing in that new foster home he was moved to. I always heard all about the stories and the way he was in the foster home. He said it wasn’t easy and it was painful to know that everyone he loved had bailed out on him. He soon developed many of the problems these kids experienced with drinking and doing other drugs. This life isn’t easy from what I have heard. This book is very easy to relate other books by Ellen Hopkins because all of the books I have read by her seem to be about drugs and complications in life including hardships and suffering. I don’t really watch movies in this type of subject but I did hear that there is supposed to be a movie coming out based on the crank series by Ellen. I’m not sure whether it’s out or not but the books are great and movies tend to ruin the reading of the book. Both crank and glass led up to this point in the book series and was consistent throughout the storyline of all three books. There is so much drug abuse in the books and making right decisions is not one of Kristina’s strong points. I believe that the theme of this book is that drugs can ruin lives especially to the young girls out there. The plot of this story is to tell a story from the perspective from the 3 abandoned children that Kristina left behind. There storied tell about the hardships they went through and how life was for them during this painful teenage years. Even though the plot wasn’t very funny, it is very intriguing and interesting to find out what makes people do this to their own children and why they do the things they do. This story is told from the three kids point of view. And it switched off every so often so it was very suspenseful. The setting of this book is in three different places considering the three different points of view. Hunters’ setting was in Reno while Autumn’s setting was in Texas and Summer’s setting was anywhere the foster system took her. In my personal view the climax of the story was when all three of the children met for the first time and got to be a family together. In conclusion, I would recommend this book to anyone that enjoys reading this type of book seeing as how it has sex and drugs in it. I would definitely restrict this book to anyone under the age of 15 or 16. This book is a lot more profane then the others and I feel that you should be at least old enough to understand the meaning and why the book is how it is. Not many people judge books but I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants a good read and interesting enough to make it to when you put the book down you can’t wait to pick it back up. I truly feel her books are amazing and make you see how messed up some situations are.

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Sample details Pages: 4 Words: 1118 Downloads: 1 Date added: 2017/09/21 Category Advertising Essay Type Narrative essay Tags: My Neighborhood Essay Did you like this example? The Phone While I was a kid, my father got one of the first phones in the neighborhood. I can perfectly remember that wooden crates lacquered, mounted on the wall. The bright receiver was hanging on a side. I was still too small to reach the phone but I was always listening, fascinated, as my mother spoke to him. Then I discovered that somewhere inside this device lived an amazing person. Her name was Hello Central and there was no one thing in this world, which she would not know. Hello Central can tell you anybodys phone number and also the exact time . My experience with this spirit closed in a bottle came one day when, while my mother was visiting a neighbor and I was playing whit the tool bench in the cellar,I hit my finger with a hammer. The pain was terrible and there was no one around me to show any compassion. I walked around the house sucking on my sore finger until I reached the ladder. The phone! I quickly dragged up a chair from the living room in the lobby. I stepped on it, I forked out the telephone receiver and I put it to my ear. Hello, Central! , I shouted into the microphone which was just above my head. A click or two and then a low and clear voice answered me back. Ive hurt my finger , I whimper on the phone and tears overcame me soon, now that I had an audience. Your mommy is not home? , the question followed. Theres nobody home but me I stammered. . Are you bleeding? , the voice asked me and I answered that i am not. I hit myself with the hammer and now it hurts so bad. Can you open the cooler? she asked me again and I said I can. Then get over there and get a piece of ice and keep it glued to your thumb said the voice. Then I started to call Hello Central for anything. I asked help for my geography lessons and she told me where Bucharest was. She even helped me with my math . She told me that the squirrel that I trapped in a park the day before, eats fruits and nuts. Then came a day when Figaro, our canary, died. I c alled Hello Central and I told her the sad news. She listened to me and then started to tell me things that parents usually tell their children to calm them. I asked her, What happens to birds who are singing so beautifull and bring so much joy to people,why do they have o end in a pile of feathers on the bottom of a cage? . I think she understood my feelings,because she slowly answered back,Doru always remeber that there may be other worlds in which they can sing. Another time on the phone,Hello Central and the Central answered with a well known voice. How do you spell the word price? I asked. All this happens in a small town in Romania. When I was nine, we moved to the other end of the country, from Ploiesti. I missed a lot my friend . I leftHello Central in that box of mahogany wood from our old house. I never tried to do the same thing with our new modern and bright phone,in the new house. I had become a teenager but the memories of my childhood followed me everywhere. Often , in moments of uncertainty and helplessness I remembered that feeling of serenity and security, which we had at that time. I appreciated now how patient and sympathetic and good hearted she must have been for her to lose so much of her time with a little boy like me. After several years, I did go to Ploiesti again, this time to continue my college studies. I took the train there but we had to stop in Sibiu first. I had a half an hour between trains. I spent about 15 minutes on the phone with my sister, who lived there for a while. Then, without thinking, I dialed the number of operators in our native town and said: Hello Central! . Miraculously, I heard the same low and clear voice, that i knew so well saying this is the central. I didnt plan this but I heard myself saying: Can you tell me how to spell the word price? A long pause. Then, that soft voice answered me, I guess your finger has healed by now. I laughed, So you are, indeed ,I said. I wonder if you know how much you meant to me at that time . And I wonder, she said, if you realize how much your call meant for me. I have never had any children and i was really happy to get your calls, every day . I told her how much I thought of it along the years and I asked if I could call her again in May when I come back to visit my sister. With pleasure ,she told me, just ask for Anca. I returned to Ploiesti after three months and for my surprize another voice answered me . I asked for Anca. Are you a friend? she asked me back. Yes, a very old friend , Doru its my name. Sorry to tell you this Doru she told me but Anca had worked only part time in the last years, because she was sick ,and unfortunetlly she died five weeks ago. I was frozen for a second and then right before i was about to end the conversation she said, One minute, you say your name is Doru? My heart jumped and i quickly answered yes it is. Well,Anca left a message for you sir,she wrote it on a piece of paper in case that you would call. Ill read it to you. Her message was: tell him that they are other worlds in which you can sing. He will know what I mean . I thanked the operator and i hung up. I knew what Anca meant. Never underestimate the impression you did on someone. All this came back to me from an old photo that i have in one of the drawers. I realize now ,how much people can help each other,how much we can change if we just open our hearts. Its hard to acomplish that ,specially with the busy life we all have everyday,but a reflection always makes us think twice. I wish that all the people to be like Anca and even if i never met her in person she is always gonna be in my heart. The more years pass the more value she has for me. Don’t waste time! Our writers will create an original "The Phone -Memory Snapshot" essay for you Create order

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After the time it takes to take effect the Ebola virus starts out by showing symptoms like the flu. You develop a sore throat, fever, weakness, muscle pain, and headaches. As the virus progresses vomiting, diarrhea, rash, and limited kidney and liver function. After about 14 days of infection, bleeding becomes uncontrollable. Blood passes through eyes, lips, nose, ears, and skin. You also experience mental confusion (www.bates.edu/tnorswor/index.html). The Ebola virus has effects on your internal body as well. You would also experience internal bleeding. After about five days of infection your internal organs basically liquefy. The Ebola virus destroys the cells in your liver and the lining of all internal organs. At this point you will most likely die of the virus. The people who survive the virus usually had a less direct infection like close contact. The Ebola virus transmits easily from person to person. Most people get the Ebola virus from close contact. The Ebola virus has cells on the infected persons skin, then if you touch the person and touch an opening on your body, such as your mouth, you can be infected. This frequently occurs to hospital care workers before the patients are diagnosed with Ebola. Also family members who care for the infected person without the aid of a hospital often get Ebola. Bodily fluids such as blood, vomit, secretions, or semen also transmit Ebola. People who clean this up may also become infected. Shared hypodermic needles or syringes are a more direct way to get the virus and result in a smaller time for the virus to take effect. Disposing of an Ebola virus casualty is also a way to catch the virus because viral presence remains after death. The Ebola virus is negatively stranded RNA type. It requires a polymerse transformation to reproduce. This leaves the virus subject to genetic code errors creating subtypes of Ebola. There are four known subtypes of the Ebola virus. The original subtype was Ebola Zaire (www.netLibrary.com). Diagnosis of the Ebola virus is very hard to do. You need a specialized laboratory to perform the blood test. These laboratories are not available commercially, so basically only the government can do it. The lab is an extreme bio hazard. It is conducted under maximum containment conditions. There is no specific treatment or cure for the Ebola virus. Given it has about a 90% death rate, and this is really, really high. The treatment that is given involves intensive nursing to replace lost body fluids and to prevent shock, renal failure, depletion of blood pressure. Mixing plasma and whole blood have been used but there were no appropriate clinical trials, so their effectiveness is unknown. Prevention of the Ebola virus is more useful than the treatments. Improving sanitation is an important thing to do in rural African countries. Any victims need to be isolated as soon as possible. Quarantining of infected people from others plays a major role. People who have been in close contact with the infected person need to be isolated at the first sign of the Ebola virus symptoms. Hospitals need to properly dispose of waste and corpses. Also, better communications so there can be improved reporting outbreaks. 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Several studies have been done but the results are not showing anything. The virus was thought to have originated from animals. It was named after the Ebola River in Zaire near the first outbreak. The first picture of the Ebola virus was taken in 1976 at 160,000 x magnification. Ebola Zaire, the first strain identified, was the first outbreak of the virus. In 1976 the Ebola virus quickly took the lives of many citizens of Zaire. There were 550 cases and 340 fatalities (including Ebola Sudan outbreak in 1976). Of the people infected 88% died. In 1995 there was another outbreak of Ebola Zaire in Kikwit, Zaire. This had 293 cases and 233 deaths and an 80% mortality rate. The most recent Ebola outbreak occurred ion 1996. In Gabon there was an outbreak of Ebola Zaire. It started when children found dead chimpanzees and took them home to eat. After the family and other members of the village got the Ebola virus. A separate incident involved a hunter living in a remote logging camp who died of Ebola ten days after returning to the forest. 95 people were infected, 70 people died. The virus had a 74% death rate. The second strain identified was the Ebola Sudan. This was discovered around the same time of the first Ebola Zaire outbreak of 1976. The 1976 Ebola Sudan outbreak infected 550 people and killed 340 (including Ebola Zaire of 1976). It had a 53% death rate. The last outbreak to date of Ebola Sudan was in 1979. It happened in Sudan around the area of the first outbreak. This brought 22 deaths and more than 60% death rate. The third strain to be identified was Ebola Reston, named after a city in Virginia where the virus was found. This was the only outbreak in the United States and luckily it only affected monkeys, it was not harmful to humans. The virus did appear to be air-born. One 149 workers came into contact with the monkey shipped from the Philippines. No one became ill, but two did develop antibodies for Ebola Reston. The last strain of Ebola found was Ebola Tai. An outbreak of the Ebola Tai occurred in Nov. of 1995 in Cot dIvoire. Many chimpanzees living in the Tai forest died. On Nov.24, 1995 a Swiss researcher contacted the disease from an infected chimpanzee in the forest. She was sent to a Swiss hospital where she recovered. An autopsy of the Chimpanzee showed effects similar to the Ebola virus. The Ebola virus is a member of a family of RNA viruses know as Filoviruses, because they resemble thread. Filoviruses are among the most mysterious viruses in the world because their natural history remain unknown and their pathogenesis poorly understood. The family consists of Ebola and Marburg viruses. Marburg and Ebola both cause hemorrhagic fevers (www.encyclopedia.com). 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