"The Day the Mountain Blew Apart"

An introduction to the text...

With Vicky Gregov in Language through Literature we read a story called "The Day the Mountain Blew Apart" wich it's based on true facts. The story is about the eruption of a mountain, in Washington in May 18, 1980.

Summary of the story...

This story it's a Historical Narrative, that is a story based on true facts that happened in the past. The characters, the place and the events are true. Titanic could be an example of it because it's based on something that in past happened.

Jerry Wheeler and David Johnson were in the mountain when it erupted. Wheeler survived but Johnson died in that moment. The magma had been rising inside the mountain, making a lot of pressure, until it erupted. It had the force of forty million of tons of dynamite.

All the place was destroyed and davastated 57 people died. Everything was covered with ashes, smoke and fire. The forest, plants and animals dissappear and died. The place was like a "Ghost town" because everyone stayed inside their houses and didn't go out because they couldn't breathe. Less people died because kids were on home because it erupted on a Sunday. Gophers helped because they brought the rich soil upto the surface,wich helped new plants to grow. Elks bones also helped new plants to grow because of the nutrients they had. It will take more than hundred years to have everything as it was before the eruption.


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My opinion about it... 

I think it's a very interesing story. I didn't new about it but I really like it. If someone didn't read it I recommend it.