Mike Emanuele about 150 words

INTD: Science Writing

me12@geneseo.edu

“Clan of the One-Breasted Women,” by Terry Tempest Williams, is a short story about families falling victim of radiation given off by nuclear testing. The author recalls growing up, her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and the family was forced to accept it and move on. The author described it as a blind patriotism, and was something that her and her family must follow, even it means disobeying her religion and beliefs. This begs the question, how much does our government care about it’s citizens. The government needed to test its new weapons for war and according to the short story, the government values its assets for war more than its citizens in the minority. Personally, my family has never been impacted by government intrusion of any sort, or of what I’m aware of. The small minority will find ways to make themselves heard, to reach out to others for sympathy.