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on september 19, 1985 at 7 17 am, mexico city was stricken with a major earthquake. unfortunately, mexico city, one of the most populous cities in the world, has been built on
unconsolidated lake-bed sediments. these sediments actually amplified the seismic waves causing intense shaking up to three minutes in some places tragically, over 10,000
people lost their lives and thousands of buildings were destroyed
in contrast, four years later, on october 17 1989 at 5: 04 pm a 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook the san francisco bay area for 20 seconds. although the actual epicenter was
about 60 miles south of san francisco, the earthquake was felt as far away as western nevada and san diego at the time the quake struck the third baseball game of the world
series had attracted over 62 000 fans to candlestick park, and commuters filled all the surrounding freeways. the potential for loss of life was extraordinary, and yet only 62 people
died. fortunately, candlestick park and most of the bay area's freeways had been built on solid rock they withstood the shaking
which of the following accurately summarizes what the passage is about?
candlestick park was one of the most advantageous locations to be during the bay area earthquake of 1989
major earthquakes can cause destruction of property and loss of life
major earthquakes can occur at any time of day and in any location
while earthquakes can be deadly, a solid foundation can lessen damage to people and property
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the hunger games, written by  suzanne collins, is fiction in the young adult genre, which is not my age group, but i found myself unable to put it down. its combination of nerve-racking tension, thrilling action, and engaging love story kept me up until the wee hours. i was surprised at how completely engrossing the plot was. like  brave new world, this story is set in a future where the government oppresses its people, but the book also borrows ideas from the greek myth of theseus and the minotaur.

divided into 12 districts, ruled by an oppressive government located at the  capitol. katniss everdeen, a 16-year-old girl from district 12, takes her younger sister’s place as one of 24 “tributes” selected every year to participate in the hunger games at the capitol.

while i found this book absolutely enthralling, i was surprised it was aimed at an audience of young adults. it seems extremely intense for anyone younger than 16 or 17. for example, there is a scene where one young tribute is slowly eaten alive by wolf-like creatures all night long, and katniss has to finally throw a weapon at him to end his misery. i found this a little too disturbing when i considered the age of the character.

the intensity of the action was something one would find in a more mature book, but the age of the characters and the simplicity of the prose were aimed at a much younger audience. in addition, this book was written in present tense, which i found annoying, but that’s more of a personal preference than a stylistic fault. it was also edited somewhat poorly, but that rarely distracted from the plot. for example, the author often spoke in sentence fragments to describe how katniss felt, which might have been an attempt to reflect on her thought process, but i found it disorienting to read a lot of really short sentences all together. it would have been better to vary the sentence length on occasion, but the story was still coherently.

overall,  the hunger games  was an excellent, enthralling read that i highly recommend. if it was more clearly marked for older teens, it would have been better, but it was a fantastic book with a wonderfully creative plot.

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