Special Mass Held for Philippines Typhoon Haiyan Victims
Published
on Fri Nov 15 2013 By: Gemma
Karstens-Smith
In times of
disaster, people help and comfort each other. The Filipinos in Toronto did just
that. They got together at the “Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church”, and
are grouping together, praying for the well-being of their loved ones. Some
people have heard that their family members survived the storm, but everything
that they owned had been destroyed. The turnout for the gathering at the church
was important, because it showed that many people cared about the poor people
whose lives were taken by the storm. It shows that in times of suffering,
there’s hope. People have been sending in packages of food, clothes, money, and
hygienic supplies such as soap and toothbrushes. Every little bit counts, as it
goes towards helping those who lost their homes, and have no place to live now.
People do care, and with more time, the victims will be able to carry on once
more.
I have decided
to analyze this article using the eight key concepts. The concept I think most
relates to the article is number six: “Media messages contain political and
social messages”. Concept number six is about how media conveys information
about occurrences around the world, and this article is doing that. It’s
informing us about the tragedy that happened in the Philippines and what people
are doing to help. Without media, it would be a lot harder to find out about
what happened, so we depend on the media to deliver the news and latest occurrences
to us. This also ties in with concept number two: “Media construct versions of
reality”. We need the media to tell us about the latest happenings in the
world. Although it may be influenced by
bias, they are the main conveyers of information to the public.
Yes, I liked
this article. It explains what people are doing to help the survivors of the
storm. Whenever I see a homeless person on the street asking for money, I want
to give some to him/her because it makes me feel happy that I helped. I always
hope that people have the generosity in their hearts to do that as well. Now
that I read this article, and saw how people donated the packages of
necessities to the people in the Philippines, it makes me happy to know how
hard people are trying to help them. If something bad happened here, we would
depend on other countries for support, until we could function by ourselves
again. The same generosity that helped them in the past would be returned to
us, and we would receive aid. We’re lucky that we can depend on other places
for moral and financial support.
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