Richard Preston's The Hot Zone

The Hot Zone is a true story about the outbreaks of the Ebola virus at a monkey facility in Reston, Virginia. The beginning of the book takes place in Kenya in 1980, where Preston comes across the body of Charles Monet. Charles was a French expatriate who worked on a sugar factory in western Kenya. In the book Preston describes Charles in all of the phases of the virus. It was very gory and at some points, hard to read on. The book gives background information on the virus that killed Charles Monet. Then moves on to explain another Ebola like that spread in Sudan. This virus first infected a store keeper before infecting his whole city. Next, in The Hot Zone it explains a virus by the name of Ebola Zaire. This virus jumped from village to village due to the use of

The Hot Zone, by Richard Preston, is a non-fiction story about the deadly virus (Ebola) spreading throughout the world. Certain strains of this virus are 90% fatal, and cause horrible symptoms, such as facial drooping, muscle aches, reddened eyes, and puking. The Ebola virus was traced back to a man named Charles Monet. After Monet, the virus spread rapidly, and it was leaving no survivors.

In The Hot Zone by Richard Preston, the three major themes repeatedly emphasized are predator versus prey, sacrifice, and going against the odds. The book uses the struggle to contain and exterminate the filoviruses to convey these three ideas. It treats the filoviruses as a predator, and the humans as the prey. It enforces this idea over and over again by using animalistic qualities to describe the humans and the filoviruses, giving them both the same amount of consciousness and personality. “The Ebola Zaire strain was nearly twice as lethal as Ebola Sudan. It seemed to emerge out of the stillness of an implacable force brooding on an inscrutable intention.” Constantly, the scientists, veterinarians, and doctors do everything they can

Heat is about a twelve year old boy named Michael Arroyo who lives in New York City, New York in modern times. He lives with his older brother Carlos, who is only seventeen, because his father died. After Michael knocked out a thief, who was running from police, with a throw from home plate, he received lots of unwanted media attention. He tells authorities that want to meet his father that his father is in Florida attending to his sick uncle when questioned about where his father is. The reason he tells this lie is so that he and Carlos do not get separated because Carlos is only seventeen and is not allowed to live on his own. This book makes your emotions go in

With horrifying details and graphic evidence that could scare even the toughest of people, Richard Preston tells the story of any American’s worst nightmare in his nonfiction novel; The Hot Zone. The words on the cover, “A Terrifying True Story”, make it more than clear to the reader that what they are about to read are some true facts that most would be hesitant to believe.

Despite legislation for equal opportunities, sexism is still evident in the workplace. Women have made great advancements in the workforce and have become an integral part of the labor market. They have greater access to higher education and as a result, greater access to traditionally male dominated professions such as law. While statistics show that women are equal to men in terms of their numbers in the law profession, it is clear however, that they have not yet achieved equality in all other areas of their employment. Discrimination in the form of gender, sex and sexual harassment continues to be a problem in today’s society.

According to Metz (2011), women are being deprived of opportunities and being squeezed out of organisations due to preconceptions about their dedication to a long term role, based on outdated gender stereotypes. In general, women experience higher rates of harassment at work, compared to men(McLaughlin, Uggen and Blackstone 2012).

Women in the Workplace There is a perception that the sexist ideals of the past are gone, no more expecting women to stay home with the kids, cook all the meals, and be at the beck and call of her husband. And while most of it is true, there is still is an immense amount of sexism occurring in today’s society. While women aren’t expected to be homemakers anymore, we are still tied down with the expectations that are on par with those in the 1940’s. We are still talked down to in professional settings, told certain fields aren’t appropriate for us, and many more infuriatingly stupid situations all because of our gender.

Sexism towards women is deeply rooted in history. Biological differences between men and women led to a culture that views men as the dominant sex. In the past, women were forbidden to explore careers outside of the home and men were the breadwinners for the family. Eventually, feminist efforts and medical and technological advances enabled women to stand up for themselves and exit out of traditional roles in the home and into the workplace. Today, a tremendous amount of progress has been made towards gender equality, but women still battle against sexist attitudes and obstacles.

Systemic sexism is an epidemic. It is a spreading monstrosity that plagues our systems. It is by definition the discrimination of one's gender in a professional setting, usually of women. It is the infamous wage gap and the poor representation of women in media. It is the imbalance of women in politics and in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields, just because they are stereotypically “male careers”. Systemic sexism has such a large spectrum, yet few people seem to be concerned about it.

The interviewed women all had a general perception of the workplace, and the majority of their issues were in relation to the other women in the workplace, and how these women may have persuaded men in powerful positions against them. The article reveals another angle of the issues with men and women in the same workplace and will be noted in my research to show another example of the issues women face in the workforce today. Price, C. J., & Wulff, S. S. (2005). Does Sex Make a Difference?

Sexism has been a serious problem in society for decades, and it continues to persist in today’s culture. Sexism is the result of men and women being treated differently. Consequently, this creates profound inequalities between the sexes (Hesmondhalgh and Baker).

Throughout time men have formed a way of discrimination against women setting the start of sexism. With so many female leaders today than ever in politics, and business many people question if sexism is still an issue in today’s society rather than how it may have been in the past. In early history sexism had been a huge topic or problem to many

In the workplace, bosses and co-workers often tend to discriminate women. During a job interview, interviewers perceive women by their gender stereotypes and physical appearance, which prevent women from getting hired. Women have lower chances of getting promoted and advancing in their careers because society perceives them with having a conflict between work and family life. Women also earn far less money than men because they do not have careers requiring on the job training, do not overwork as much as men, and are perceived as not devoted to her career. The review will discuss women and the reasons behind the discrimination that they face in the hiring process, earning promotions, and their annual salary earnings in employment because of their gender.

Gender inequality has become one of the oldest issues throughout society. Gender inequality can be described as unequal treatment or specific perceptions based on an individual’s gender. In most cases, it has developed over time with the socially constructed gender roles the society portrays. It was said “Nearly one-third of women said they feel discriminated against or treated unfairly based on their gender at least once a week." Opportunities are wasted if stereotypes and biases evaluate people based on their gender. Both men and women have arguments about this issue, but men are unaware of the treatment that women face in field. Today, people feel that women are becoming ahead in the work field because more women are receiving higher education and studies have shown that women tend to go to school for higher education rather than men which is bringing them many more advantages. Others feel that women are still being held back in their occupations and still face the unfair treatment based on their “roles” in society. Despite that inequality towards women on the workforce was worse before and some laws were changed, unfair treatment towards women is still occurring. Gender inequality can be manifested in different ways such as the hiring process, wage gaps, occupational sex segregation, maternity leave, sexual harassment.