For my life experience I do not have that experience, however there is a thing going on right now, I think this is the most similar experience with Isabel Allende. It is the Covid- 19. When this happened first in China, I did not feel anything about this, I still do whatever I do usually, going to school, go to work, however I do not know is this happened in one second, the school was shut down, everyone wear mask, that make me feel suddenly in one second, I try to buy a ticket to go back to China, since when United Stated more people died in one day, I decided to go back to China, but there is no ticket for me to go back to China, I feel so hopeless, one week only one fly, and during tat period, the mask was so expensive than usually, I feel everything was shut down. Even during that period the China seen more control than United Stated, but right now the vaccination is for now is faster than in China, I try to call my family member in China, they did not even have any news that they can get the vaccine, compare to China, I think United Stated have more resource can let the people get the vaccine as soon as possible, even China get control early than United Stated. During the pandemic period, the news I saw the people died increase everyday, the news report everyday to people. Everyone is concern about how many people died in one day, when the first happened in China, no on is thinking how terrible is the disease, they did not think about this result, everyone is afraid of this disease, also included me, I think this is the most similar thing happened during my life experience with Isabel Allende was a terrible experience.
Zijie, It must be very difficult to be going through such a challenging time while so far away from your family. The assignment was asking you specifically about what it’s like to watch a disaster unfold on a screen. What is the difference between experiencing something “in real life” and watching it through the screens of our televisions, phones, and computers?