Please write a summary/critique of the book Hot Zone by Richard Preston addressing the following questions:
1. - Think about the people for whom this is all they know about Ebola; they are taking this as fact.?
2. - Does the book ever stray into elements of bias, or exaggeration, perhaps even fear-mongering?
3. - Is there a greater impact of Preston's exaggerations because this book is nonfiction as compared to if it
was straight fiction?
4. - What feelings about Ebola does the book evoke in you?
5. - What happens to those feelings as we juxtapose the book with scientific facts about Ebola?
6. We are taking a critical look at the book, please examine areas where it strays from fact into the sensational
and biased.
Please write a summary/critique of the book Hot Zone by Richard Preston of 5 to 7 pages Addressing the
following questions:
7. - Think about the people for whom this is all they know about Ebola; they are taking this as fact.?
8. - Does the book ever stray into elements of bias, or exaggeration, perhaps even fear-mongering?
9. - Is there a greater impact of Preston's exaggerations because this book is nonfiction as compared to if it
was straight fiction?
10. - What feelings about Ebola does the book evoke in you?
11. - What happens to those feelings as we juxtapose the book with scientific facts about Ebola?
12. We are taking a critical look at the book, please examine areas where it strays from fact into the sensational
and biased.