Essay On The Hot Zone

Essay on The Hot Zone
AUTHOR: Richard Preston PUBLISHER: Random
House DATE OF PUBLICATION: 1994 Setting: The setting g takes place in two major places.
Reston Maryland which is a suburb of Washington DC. and the second major area is in Kenya
Africa. The story takes place in the 1980's.
Main Characters: Since this story is a true story there is no one character that is a main character.
The author does not create the story around any one main character so I'll just list every character I
can remember from the book. 1. Charles
Monet: He was the first host to the deadly ebola virus breakout in Africa. He was 56 years old and
was kind of a loner according to the authors interviews with people. 2. Dr.
Mosoke: He was Charles Monets doctor when Charles crashed and ... Show more content on
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That is the first symptom of this deadly disease. A few days later he went to the doctors and they
told him he should go to a bigger hospital in Nairobi. Charles caught a flight to Nairobi an the ninth
day after his visit to kitcum cave. All through the flight to Nairobi he was throwing up blood mixed
with a black liquid. When he got to the hospital he sat down and waited to be served. Then his spine
went limp and nerveless and he lost all sense of balance. he started going into shock.
He then started throwing up an incredible amount of blood from his stomach and spilt it on to the
floor. The people who were there said the only sound was the choking in his throat from his constant
vomiting while he is unconscious. Then came the sound of bed sheets being torn in half which is the
sound of his bowels opening up and venting blood from the anus. The blood is mixed with intestinal
lining. His gut is sloughed. The linings of his intestines come off and were being expelled from his
body along with huge amounts of blood. This dying process which happens to nine out of ten people
who come in contact with the deadly disease is called crashing and bleeding. Samples of his blood
were flown to all the major disease labs in the world. The disease was a Marburg Strain. In Sudan
the same types of deaths were wiping out whole tribes. So Gene Johnson flew over there and
worked with sick members of the tribes to try and find a cure. This strain of
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The Hot Zone Book Report
How would you like to live in a world were time travel was possible. It could be possible in a type
of genre called science fiction. I believe that science fiction is an alternate reality or futuristic
writing or movie, that has some form of unimaginable science. This could be time travel, aliens,
uncontrollable virus, etc. Watching Unbreakable, reading The Hot Zone by Richard Preston, and
reading the excerpt from World War Z by Max Brooks expanded my view on science fiction. They
opened my eyes to different forms of science fiction and that they don't consist of just aliens and
time travel. In World War Z, they writer uses science fiction to write about a virus that turns people
into "zombies". The Hot Zone uses more science and less fiction, but he still makes a good book.
There are people that would do anything if they had the means and will–power In the movie
Unbreakable, directed by Night Shyamalan, was about a man named Elijah Wood that has a disease
that makes his bones very brittle, and a man named David Dunn that has never been sick or injured
in any way. Elijah is completely insane and believes that David is a super hero that can give ... Show
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The book tells how the viruses kill people and who its first victims were. Charles Monet for
example, was infected by Marburg when he when exploring Kitum Cave, and he infected his doctor,
Dr. Musoke, right before he died. Preston did a great job incorporating science into his science
fiction novel. He really focused on science in it. For example, he talks a lot about Marburg, Ebola,
and a lot of their victims. The characters also have to deal with and overcome conflicts. Take Dr.
Musoke for example. He becomes infected with the Marburg virus, but he doesn't die (Preston,
1994, pg. 29–32). But he does get his blood sent to a lot of labs to get it tested. Yet, it is amazing
that Preston did a lot of research to get all of this

Explain Why Does Nancy Have To Do Autopsies Very Quickly...
1. Explain the importance of the reference to Monet's "women friends"? Monet's "women friends"
are important because he could have contracted the virus from one of them through sexual contact.
Not only that, but they could have contributed to the spread of the virus to many others. 4. Monet
gets sick, as the disease strikes him, list the symptoms, feelings, and progression of the disease. As
Monet became sick, he felt a headache, a throbbing behind his eyes. This happened on the seventh
day after his visit to the cave. Soon his back started aching. On the third day, he started feeling
nauseated, had a fever and started vomiting. His eyelids became droopy and popped out of his head.
They turned red and his skin turned yellow. Monet became moody, ... Show more content on
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Another nickname for it was The Institute. Their mission changed when President Nixon outlawed
the development of biological weapons. Instead, the USAMRIID was to create vaccines to protect
against lethal microorganisms. 16. Why does Nancy have to do autopsies very quickly in Ebola
cases? What were some of the other agents that Nancy worked on and had vaccinations for? It is
important to dissect the organs as soon as possible because the organs start liquidating. The tissue
was softened and turned into jelly by the virus. Nancy had vaccinations for yellow fever, Q fever,
Rift Valley Fever, the VEE, EEE, and WEE complex, tularemia, anthrax, rabies and botulism. 20.
Why are gloves portrayed as the most important part of the defense against Ebola?. What is the
decon shower for and what is the value of the pressurized suit? The gloves are a barrier between the
virus and the person as the hands handle the sharp objects. The decon shower was used to
decontaminate the person before they left the room. It is also used for emergencies to kill any
organisms that may have gotten on the person. The suit protects those who work in Level

The Hot Zone Analysis
One of the novel's greatest faults and strengths lies not specifically in its content, but in how the
content is laid out for the reader. He starts off the novel with what is likely his own imaginings of
the details surrounding the death of Charles Monet, our Marburg patient zero. Given the
circumstances of Monet's death, there was no way that he could have given, in such great detail as
Preston provides, a recounting of the events that took place in days prior to his arrival at Nairobi
Hospital. With that obvious fact in mind, these first few chapters must be taken with a grain of salt.
They are wonderfully descriptive, Preston leaves nothing to the imagination, and are probably some
of the best chapters in the whole book for that reason. Yet descriptive as they may be, they obviously
serve another purpose: to incite fear in the reader. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
I could not have turned the pages fast enough as it was the perfect combination of gore and science.
When the story progressed to Nurse Mayinga's tragic end, I was once again filled with excitement at
yet another descriptive and horrifying death. These were the emotions coursing through me as an
18–year–old with largely no background in science. That one virus could so thoroughly destroy a
human body was humbling and

The Hot Zone By Richard Preston
Introduction 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.
Preston uses various shocking tales and interweaves factual information and scientific jargon to
present his purpose. One can gather from simply reading the back cover that he plans to graphically
illustrate a series of unfortunate events that led up to a lethal outbreak of deadly viruses all across
the globe. By writing the novel, Preston may be ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Interweaving stories of previous outbreaks in Africa, Preston is able to portray how dangerous the
hot agents can be to the global human population. He splits the novel into four main sections: The
Shadow of Mount Elgon, The Monkey House, Smashdown, and Kitum Cave. These four sections
serve as guidelines for the time periods and topics of the story. Preston begins the story in 1980
where he tells the devastating tale of a man he dubs "Charles Monet" who lived near Mount Elgon,
(an important location in the story and for virus research) a good location for exploring wildlife and
nature. After a visit to a place called Kitum Cave, Monet begins to suffer some very outlandish
symptoms and becomes very ill. He is taken to Nairobi Hospital in Kenya where he infects some of
the doctors and nurses who are treating him for the mysterious illness. A man named Dr. Musoke is
helping to treat Monet when Monet suddenly vomits and the vomit gets into Musoke's mouth. Since
the symptoms are not yet diagnosed, he doesn't think much of it until a couple days later where
Musoke too becomes very ill. David Silverstein, another doctor practicing in Africa, hears about the
odd outbreak in Nairobi and he decides to look more into the issue. Soon enough, he and his team
find out that it is an agent called Marburg (previously discovered in Germany but had traveled to
Africa). Once Marburg is identified as the agent, the novel switches the scene over to Thurmont,
Maryland, where a woman

Hot Zone Book Review
In the book hot zone it talks about true events surrounding an outbreak of the Ebola virus at a
monkey facility in Reston, Virginia in the late 1980s. Preston provides information about other
viruses spread out through africa around the 1970s and 80s.Preston does not overstate the danger of
Ebola and other filoviruses, he argues that the greater threat lies in emerging viruses like the AIDS
virus, whose effect on the human race cannot yet be measured. The book starts in Kenya in 1980,
where Preston explains the death of French expatriate Charles Monet due to the Marburg virus.
Preston portrays Monet's symptoms and death in great detail(tmi in my opinion), providing the
reader with an immediate sense of the virus as a predator with the potential

Essay about The Hot Zone
In 1980 a man named Charles Monet went on a trip with a girlfriend up to Mountain Elgon in West
Kenya. They spent the night there and went to a large cave called Kitcum cave. Three days after his
return home, Charles began to have a headache. A few days later he went to the doctors and they
told him he should go to a bigger/better hospital in Nairobi. So Charles flew to Nairobi.
During the flight to Nairobi Charles found himself vomiting blood with a black liquid. Charles
finally reached the hospital only to wait. While he was waiting and he lost all sense of balance.
Charles started to go into shock. He started to throw up even more blood. The people who were
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The Military and the C.D.C. (Center for Disease Control) sealed off the building. Nancy Jaax, a
veterinary pathologist at a military fort in Maryland and Jerry Jaax, a veterinarian and husband of
Nancy, led squads of people inside the building wearing specially made suits. Two people working
inside the building were cut and their space suits were torn leaving them exposed to the virus. They
found out that the virus they were working with was a close relative to Ebola Zaire. Ebola Zaire is
the most lethal of all strains of Ebola. It is so lethal that nine out of ten of it's victims die. They
killed all the monkeys in the building and locked their corpses up. This is because if the virus got
out it would kill the entire human population. It would be like another Black Plague, but the Black
Plague only killed 50% percent of those infected while this killed 90% percent. They put a special
chemical inside the building to kill the virus. The chemicals were left in the building for a few days
to ensure their effectiveness.
After a few days the building was examined and it was found the chemical had in fact killed the
virus. The four people that had been exposed to the virus surprisingly all lived. Later it was realized
that the virus must have mutated so it would not cause harm humans. This new virus was called
Ebola Reston. But if the virus was to mutate again, the

The Hot Zone Summary
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 ... Show more
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A couple days later she started to show symptoms of the virus. She refused to think she had gotten
infected so she carried on with her daily life for two days before returning to the hospital. Later on
Mayinga dies. After a couple more examples of some Ebola like virus's, The Hot Zone focuses in on
some American scientists who have devoted their whole life to one day finding a cure for the Ebola
virus. Preston focused in on one scientist, Army vetinnarian Nancy Jaax. The mother of two is
stationed in Fort Detrick in Maryland. One day on the Job, Nancy ripped her space suit during an
Ebola experiment. Possibly exposing her to the virus, she turned out being alright. After a couple of
years, Nancy is called to examine tissue of a dying monkey at the Reston facility in Virginia. Nancy
later names it as a new Ebola like virus. The Army and the CDC plan a secret mission to keep the
virus from spreading to humans. After a while they managed to kill all the monkeys and
decontaminate the facility. The virus is later named Ebola Reston. The Hot Zone comes to end by
Richard Preston the author visiting the cave where the two victims died to find the spot where
everything

Bacteris In The Hot Zone
Part two of The Hot Zone is important to the rest of the text because a lot was revealed in part two.
In part two the virus was almost given the wrong diagnosis of SHF, simian hemorrhagic fever. It was
later discovered by Geisbert when he decided to reexamine the bacteria that their diagnosis was
wrong and that they were dealing with a hot agent. Geisbert and Jharling sniffed the virus that they
found out was ebola and could be at risk. This adds suspense and causes the reader to worry about
the safety of both Geisbert and Jharling and also people around the world if the virus were to spread.
And of course, once they find out that the virus is ebola they all come together to find a solution so
that the world can remain danger free. They are

The Hot Zone Book Report
In his book, The Hot Zone, Richard Preston focuses on an outbreak of the Ebola virus in Reston,
Virginia and in multiple places in Africa. To show how dangerous an outbreak can be, Preston
examines, in great detail, various other viral outbreaks, including Marburg. Preston begins by
talking about a fifty–six year old Frenchman named Charles Monet who ends up breaking out with a
treacherous disease called Marburg. This wasn't known until his doctor, Dr. Shem Musoke, ended up
testing positive for Marburg after Monet`s infected blood went all over Doctor Musoke as Monet
was dying. Musoke survived his outbreak with Marburg.
Another case Preston examined involved Nancy Jaax, a veterinarian for the U.S. Army. Nancy
worked at Fort–Detrick where she trained to become a Veterinarian Pathologist, which meant she
handled Biosafety Level 4 hot agents. One day, as Nancy cooked dinner for the week, she decided to
make some canned green beans. She looked for a can opener but couldn't find one, so she chose to
use a butcher knife. She ended up slicing her hand while trying to open the can, and bled all over the
counter. She put a Band Aid on it. The next day, along with Gene Johnson, the head of the Ebola ...
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After the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Africa, GSK and Newlink Genetics, who is partnered with Merck,
came out with two different experimental vaccines for Ebola. Both vaccines were first used in
Liberia; some patients received the GSK vaccine, others received the Newlink/Merck vaccine, and
some who received a placebo. There is also an experimental drug called ZMapp, which is basically a
cocktail of monoclonal antibodies made in tobacco plants. Two doctors who were infected with
Ebola took ZMapp and were cured. The vaccines are now in the third and final stages of
experimentation and development and so far, according to the phase 2 (or the second stage of
experimentation), the vaccines appear

Ebola In The Hot Zone
Introduction
In the medical thriller, The Hot Zone, Preston states that flawed decisions in outbreak situations are
a threat to human survival. Ebola is known by many to be lethal and in recent years, has caused an
interest within the public. Many in the United States have shown fear towards the threat of Ebola in
the country, which has caused many to also research the effects of Ebola on the human body.
Moreover, Ebola poses a threat to the safety of medical professionals; doctors must be able to safely
help patients without high risk of exposure to the hot virus. Of equal importance, medical
professionals involved with the treatment of hot viruses must be trained properly in order to
effectively make decisions and protect all patients and ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Preston (1995) argues, "[a] hot virus from the rainforest lives within a twenty–four hour plane flight
from every city on earth" (p. 16). In addition, only one host is needed to spread the hot virus into a
massive outbreak in any part of the world, and such an outbreak could plunge the global population
into oblivion. To further explain, Preston (1995) draws the conclusion that the airline routes that tie
earth's cities together are a "web," and once a hot virus enters the "web," it can be delivered to far
corners of the earth in one day (p. 16). Simple and flawed decisions by humans can make this
frightening idea a

Argumentative Essay On The Hot Zone
Richard Preston, the author of The Hot Zone, wanted us to believe two things. The first is that the
viruses explained throughout the novel, such as Marburg and Ebola, are nature's defense against the
"infectious parasite" that the human race is on this planet. He emphasizes that the horrible viruses
are the earth's way of punishing the human race for taking over and for preventing their future
expansion. The second thing he wanted us to believe is the idea that the Ebola virus could spread
very rapidly if it's airborne. In today's society, with the use of airplanes, it's very easy for viruses
such as Ebola which are airborne to spread all over the world, and "feed" on a variety of hosts
around the world. In the novel, many of the outbreaks ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
At the ending of the novel, when Preston enter the Kitum cave, he describes how some powerful and
ancient is embedded within the cave. He says that nature itself is unknowable and unstoppable. To
sum it up, Preston believes that nature may use the line of Ebola as a kind of a cure to combat the
destructive human race. With the power of nature as a broad piece of evidence, it backs up the part
of the thesis that Ebola can destroy the world. Another highly accurate argument throughout this
book is that the spread of the viruses such as HIV or Ebola are due to human error. Since these
viruses are spread through direct contact of bodily fluids, whenever humans have sexual intercourse,
eat contaminated meat, build highways like the one near Kitum Cave as pathways for epidemics,
and use infected needles in multiple people, they are actually exposing themselves to devastating
diseases that had no cure and instantly meant death for most people. Since Preston decides to focus
on a small and peaceful town in the middle of Virginia that got infected by dangerous diseases, he is
proving how fragile everyday life really is, and how a town can be wiped out with one person being
exposed to one deadly disease. In the novel, even though most of the scientists took precautions
such as wearing space suits and gloves, they learned that even these precautions isn't a foolproof
way of stopping these infections. The

The Hot Zone Sparknotes
Published in 1992, "The Hot Zone", written by Richard Preston, describes the Ebola outbreak during
the 1980's in Reston, Virginia. The novel effectively describes the African outbreaks and the
research behind them as well as the quarantine of the monkey facility in Virginia. The book begins
by introducing Charles Monet, who was the first person infected in the African outbreak. Charles
and his girlfriend traveled to Mount Elgon, located in West Kenya. Three days after spending the
night in the Kitum cave, Charles went home with a severe headache. Once he arrived in a hospital in
Nairobi, Monet experienced symptoms which included throwing up blood, loss of consciousness,
and a limp spine. The author gruesomely described Monet's death when his bowels opened and
ripped, which characterizes the "crashing and bleeding" death demonstrated by ... Show more
A nun working in Zaire, located in central Africa, treated infected victims and was infected with a
disease displaying similar symptoms of Ebola Sudan. After her death, blood samples were examined
and the diagnosis was Ebola Zaire, the most dangerous of the three stains. Gene Johnson was in
charge of the operation of a monkey facility in Reston, Virginia. All of the monkeys of one room
suddenly died, and the initial diagnosis was that of a small monkey virus. After further examination,
researchers found that it was very similar to the Marburg Strain. The researches did not anyone that
they had come in contact with the disease, which led to the quarantine of the facility. Nancy and
Jerry Jaax led people into the facility wearing space suits. Two workers were exposed to the virus,
creating a panic among the Center for Disease Control– the CDC. As a result, all of the monkeys'
corpses were buried and a chemical was released, killing everything in the facility to prevent

We Must Stop The Emergency Responders
All through the United States, trucks and plans bring perilous materials through our gatherings that
could achieve prosperity and environmental issues. Amidst a hazardous unsafe material occasion,
the preparation and get ready emergency responders get expect a fundamental part in saving the
lives of individuals in the midst of a scene. Experts accessible as needs be are the essential line of
resistance against possible end or further harm. Last shot routinely is settled, inside the essential
basic minutes an event. In the midst of an event, individuals available to come back to work should
attempt to remove the hurt from any dirtied go that may moreover imperil their life, if it speaks to no
risk to the responder. In case the hurt have ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Moreover, responders should simply enter the region with the most ideal protective equipment.
Dependent upon the engineered or unsafe materials at the scene, will choose the kind of individual
cautious rigging to be used. The Emergency Response Guidebook can give relevant information
with regards to the sorts of chemicals required in the scene if they are known and what protections
should be taken. In the event the dangerous materials at the scene are dark, the most strange measure
of protection should be used. Likewise, the Emergency Response Guidebook gives information that
diagrams how hot zones should be developed, and the base safe detachments from a spill or
discharge. Ensuring the range around the event site is secured is a basic limit of the individual
accessible as needs be. This is basic in restricting the introduction of the risky material to near to
work compel, along these lines reckoning further damage or cross pollution. At in the first place, it
may not be clear as for the measure of a zone should be secured. For this circumstance, it is
sagacious to cordon off a considerable region, since the size and harmful nature of the unsafe
materials may be dark. In like manner, pros accessible if the need arises must ensure there are no
open begins or flares are near the district, in the event there is insecurity or an impact risk. In the
midst of a scene, there are signs that suggest there are unsafe chemicals in the zone. Some hazardous
materials may convey

Explain Why Killed Charles Monet Be Considered One Of The...
Part One "The Shadow of Mount Elgon"
1. The "agent" that killed Charles Monet could be considered one of the characters in The Hot Zone.
Describe what sort of character it is, what it looks like, and the role that it plays.
The "agent" that killed Charles Monet could be considered one of the characters in The Hot Zone.
This character would be a considered a virus. It's very small and it plays a huge role. It plays a huge
role because it is the one that started this book. If Marburg didn't exist then Ebola most likely
wouldn't be made. Also, we wouldn't know how to treat it better than we do now.
2. Preston goes to great lengths explaining exactly who Silverstein treats. What effect does this have
when Silverstein finds out that Muskoke might ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Why did Jahrling and Geisbert want to test their blood? What was Dalgard concerned about and
why? What discovery does Jahrling make after testing the blood serum and the cells from the
monkey culture? What horrifying conclusion does he make? What can we now infer about Dalgard
as well?
Dalgard was concerned if anyone switched the samples so he tested them twice, Preston says, "He
decided to do the test again." Jahrling discovers that she has been around Ebola. General Russell
says, "No, Fred, we're not smoking dope. We've got an Ebola–like virus." We can infer that there is
something/someone in the lab that contains Ebola. We can also infer that Dalgard might have Ebola
or has been exposed.
3. Explain the issues between the CDC and the Army. How could this cause more problems with an
outbreak of the virus? Who was in charge of the "mission"? What was the protocol? Cite evidence to
support your point.
CDC contains the virus while Army wants to protect and eliminate. This can cause problems with an
outbreak because both the CDC and the army use different strategies to eliminate/control the virus.
CDC did control it then they gave the "mission" over to the Army. The book states, "He did not want
the meeting to turn into a power struggle between the Centers for Disease Control and the army."
The

The Hot Zone was a very interesting book about the outbreak of the Ebola virus in a monkey facility
in Reston, Virginia in the late 1980s. The true events posed a danger to the public if the virus got
out. I was able to learn about other viral outbreaks. The outbreaks were mainly in Africa in the
1970s and the 1980s. Preston seemed to argue the threats lie in the emerging viruses like the AIDS
virus. Preston didn't overkill the effects of Ebola or any other virus.
The way the book starts out is in Kenya, talking about the death of Charles Monet. Charles Monet
was a French expatriate and he died from the Marburg virus. The details that was used were so
vivid. I honestly felt as if I was there watching Charles die by this virus. After learning ... Show
These individuals spent their lives researching cures or vaccines that would protect civilization. It
was very admirable that they did this even with them knowing the dangers of the virus. I learned
that a hot agent is a deadly virus which has no vaccine or cure.
Preston talks about a scientist named Nancy Jaax who is army veterinarian with two children. She
specializes in hot agents in Maryland. She was doing an experiment in 1983 on Ebola and was
almost exposed in the middle of it when her space suit ripped open. Several years later she was
asked to examine some tissue samples of monkeys who were dying. Jaax confirmed that it was a
new strain of Ebola that was killing the monkeys. The United States Army and the Centers for
Disease Control set up a secret operation to control the virus from spreading to the human
population.
The Reston facility is marked as a hot zone but a SWAT team is placed with entering the building
and killing hundreds of monkeys and collecting blood and tissue samples for further study. This was
really upsetting to me. I understand why it was done so we as humans could find a vaccine and learn
more about a deadlier strain of the virus. I also felt bad because we killed innocent animals in the

The Hot Zone is a true story that begins with a man named Charles Monet in 1980. Charles was a
French expatriate living in Kenya that began showing symptoms of a Marburg Strain within days
after a trip with a girlfriend to Kitum Cave. The symptoms include: constant headache, throwing up
blood, bleeding from the anus, lost of spine control, expelling of intestinal lining, then death.
Charles had these symptoms and eventually died. This virus became known as Ebola Sudan because
it was discovered in Sudan and ninety percent of those who come in contact with it die. In the next
chapters, Richard Preston describes accounts of the Ebola virus such as the death of a nurse in Zaire.
A group of missionaries were giving medicine to the local tribes and as a result, the nurse and
hundreds of others die because of the use of dirty needles. Afterwards, Preston tells of an exposure
in a monkey house in Maryland. All the monkeys started dying so scientists were asked to come take
some samples. The virus was identified to be a new strain of Ebola that was very similar to
Marburg. A secret operation was set to contain of the monkeys before the virus could spread. Later,
tissue and blood was ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
The story goes from encounter to encounter of the deadly virus and the book covered a lot of time
but it did so by telling of exposures that had a couple years between each other. Preston is very
descriptive, he is not overly wordy to the point that it is boring to read, but there are some facts and
details that are unnecessary. I like how he gives a lot of background before a case, but at times I
think I could do without so much detail. The overall flow of the book was pretty good. Preston's
writing was not choppy and was easy to read. On the other hand, the way he tells the story is a bit
confusing. Although he tells the date at the top of the page, it was confusing at times when he
jumped back and forth between

Summary The Hot Zone by Richard Preston can be summed up in just a few words; intriguing and
captivating, yet extremely alarming and fairly terrifying. This story chronicles the various different
cases of the Ebola virus throughout the world and its excursion from the rainforests of central Africa
to our very own Washington D.C. The virus's proliferation not only caused extreme terror, but it led
to the recruitment of a SWAT team consisting of military personnel, researchers, and scientists set
out to control the epidemic. Starting with one of the four filoviruses mentioned in the book, Preston
provided us with the story of Charles Monet, an amateur French naturalist who died a gruesome
death after contracting Marburg virus following a trip to Mount Elgon. Marburg is brought up in the
story several times as a close relative of Ebola, having similar symptoms and equal danger.
Throughout the next several chapters, different strains of Ebola are reviewed; the Sudan ... Show
It catered to a myriad of different types of readers. A casual reader could dive in to this book for
leisure reasons, and an avid reader, and possibly even an Ebola virus researcher, could refer to this
story as a fact–finding tool and learning resource. It was easy to understand and retain information.
Biological terminology and scientific jargon was explained in a very comprehensible way, making it
easier to those who are not familiar with biology, anatomy or any other type of science to understand
what was going on in the story. One thing I found somewhat confusing in this book was the
organization. It was not set up chronologically, so I found it a little confusing when things jumped
around a bit among decades, locations, and people. The cliffhanger ending was another thing of
which I was not a fan whatsoever; it was an unexciting conclusion to an attention–grabbing story. It
left me with a "that's it?"

The Ebola Virus In Richard Preston's The Hot Zone
Richard Preston's novel The Hot Zone, was based on a true story about the origins and incidents
involving viral hemorrhagic fevers, mainly the Ebola and Marburg viruses. It primarily focuses on
the Ebola virus' first documented outbreak during the 1980s. As you read The Hot Zone, you will
notice that it has been divided into four individual segments. The first segment looks into the history
of filoviruses, and how AIDS emerged. The novel begins with Charles Monet, an elderly man who
travels to Kitum Cave in Kenya. After coming in contact with an odd liquid substance, he begins to
experience symptoms of the Marburg Virus (abbreviated as "MARV"), which includes; headaches,
backaches, internal organs failing, and excessive bleeding. Monet travels to the Nairobi Hospital and
ends up infecting the young Doctor that treated him. Years after Monet's passing, a young
pathologist named Nancy Jaax is introduced. Her story was told in her point of view as she describes
the Introduction to Viruses, Biosafety Levels, and ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Jaax promoted to work in Level 4 Biosafety containment area at USAMRIID (commonly referred to
as "the Institution"), and assigned to research the Ebola virus. Monkeys were used to research
Ebola's effects on humans, hopefully, provide clues to its whereabouts, and develop a cure.
Veterinarians who supervised the monkeys, send tissue samples to Jaax and her colleagues, who
determine that if an illness is a strain of Ebola. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) decide to
enter "The Monkey House" to destroy the animals to avoid a potentially worldwide epidemic. This
entire site was regarded as a "Hot Zone", and hundreds of monkeys were killed. During the said
approach, a number of incidents occurred and delayed the approached. This included a ventilated
suit running out of battery power and a monkey waking up on the operating table then biting a
soldier. Fortunately, the facility was sterilized so the scientists may resume

Richard Preston's The Hot Zone
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 ... Show more content on
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"'We're looking at a highly sophisticated organism, aren't we?'" The filoviruses are dangerous. They
are responsible for the deaths of thousands, nation–wide panic, and the abandonment of homes and
villages. But although the book describes the filoviruses with gruesome scenes filled with blood and
terror, it also depicts the calm, quiet moments as well, letting the reader fall back and appreciate how
peaceful it can be between the moments of panic. " I heard a ball bounce, and saw a boy dribbling as
basketball on a playground. The ball cast rubbery echoes off the former monkey house. Children's
shouts came from the daycare center through the trees." The reader gradually understands that no
matter how peaceful the world can seem to be, it will always revert briefly back into its times of
chaos and confusion, and that we should appreciate the moments of peace more because of this. It
gives the reader a sense that the world is fragile in its balance of the two spectrums, and it horrifies
and thrills them. Ultimately, the author's purpose is to let the reader appreciate the fragility, beauty,
and horror of the world and the things that make up

Monwa Research Paper
Monwa Floating off the beautiful coast of Haiti, Monwa is truly a diamond in the rough. Known for
its unique attributes and innovative design, Monwa has created a whole new perspective in the
world of engineering, as well as food production. Now, in the year of 2254 with a growing
population of approximately 50,000, Monwa is the City of the Future. Bel Air, Haiti was devastated
by the earthquake of 2010. The magnitude 7.0 earthquake killed up to 316,000 civilians. Haiti was
no more, but several young engineers saw great potential to help this broken country. Designed to
look like a lotus on a lily–pad as a symbol of majesty and life, the city of Monwa blossomed.
Monwa incorporates innovative energy systems that are not only good for the environment, but good
for the citizens. We run off of natural and renewable resources, like solar power and methane.
Basically, these petals are giant solar cells that produce desalinated water and energy for our city.
Water is put into these solar cells, where they make electricity by feeding hydrogen and oxygen into
fuel cells, and putting water into 'vacuole' like tubs. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
We have many recreational centers such as parks and theaters located strategically to make sure
everyone gets equal access to these important values. There are parks and biking paths throughout
the city to ensure physical health of our citizens and to allow a safe lifestyle for our citizens.
However, hospitals are still necessary. Our hospitals have about one hundred–twenty healing pods,
twenty of which are the emergency pods. The citizens will then be directed towards their healing
pod based on severity of the illness or

In The Hot Zone by Richard Preston, Preston argues that Ebola is an unstoppable issue that man or
the government cannot slow or eliminate. However, modern science disagrees with his logic, and
many have evidence that proves Ebola can be stopped or at the very least slowed down by means of
vaccinations or government operations. For example, the World Health Organization believes to
have successfully found a vaccine that will protect against Ebola as of December 23, 2016. This
organizations started the trial in 2015 and published the results in 2016. The results were "the
vaccine, called rVSV–ZEBOV, was studied in a trial involving 11,841 people in Guinea during
2015. Among the 5837 people who received the vaccine, no Ebola cases were recorded 10 days or
more after ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
For example, the CDC plays a vital role in dealing with Ebola and operating in west Africa is most
common. They have opened an Emergency Operations Center to coordinate operation that deal with
Ebola. The CDC also has thousands of staff members developed in Africa specially to deal with the
data management of Ebola and teach about the effects and symptoms of Ebola to underdeveloped
countries. Also, the CDC have people prepared along the borders of countries assist with any
outbreaks if one occurs. (CDC). With this in mind, it is easy to see that the government can and will
combat Ebola unlike Preston's claim. In the Hot Zone, Preston claimed that the government was
"along for the ride" and did not have the "tools for the situation" (318). This situation being
precaution with Ebola. However, the government and the disease fighting organization can fight
Ebola and are not letting Ebola control them or the situation. Other than the CDC, the U.S
Department of Defense also have use tactics to combat Ebola. They have sent in personal to de
escalate threatening situations. Furthermore, the Department of

The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
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.
Charles Monet was a Frenchman who moved to western Kenya, Africa, and worked for a sugar
factory. Monet mostly kept to himself, and he spent most of his time with prostitutes. On New Year's
Day, in 1980, Charles and one of his "mistresses" went on a hike up Mount Elgon. The two parked
down in a valley, just below a cave, known as Kitum Cave. They went into the cave to explore, and
eventually came across a pillar filled with bats. The bats were insect eaters, and they excreted
'guano', an ooze of digested insects. Perhaps Monet put his hand in the guano. Monet went back to
work at the factory, and as he was there, a form of foreign life was duplicating itself inside of
Monet's body. On January 8th, Charles experienced a throbbing headache. As the days progressed,
his headache would not go away. On the third day of his migraine, he began to show other
symptoms, such as vomiting, high fever, and he even had mental changes; he began to act lifeless
and passive. When one of his co–workers went to go check on him and realized the state that Monet
was in, he took him to a private hospital on

The Hot Zone: Ebola's Infamy
Although Ebola was first reported in 1976, little news was released on the outbreaks which had
occurred in Sudan and Zaire and which had taken away the lives of 434 people. Then in 1989 there
was the Reston incident, where monkeys shipped to the United States from the Philippines, died in
large numbers due to what is now known as Ebola Reston, and the virus killed all monkeys.
Fortunately that particular strain was not found to be deadly to humans. For now, the Ebola virus
appears again and causes large damage in Africa. The horrible disease failed to appeal to those
media institution which results in the information interruption, the public do not have an access to
the newly information concerning Ebola. The study on the relationship between ... Show more
According to Kelley Beaucar Vlahos (2014), it was in 1995, with the release of Richard Preston's
novel The Hot Zone that Ebola's infamy was came into the minds of the western public, the book is
experiencing a resurgence. Preston chronicled how monkeys, which were shipping to the United
States from Philippines, began to die in their cages. The book shaped a basic sense about Ebola and
the concept of Ebola was present for the first time, additional, author's opinion effects abounded in
later report. In Adam Nossiter (2014) article, one woman lay curled in a fetal position, eyes shut,
precariously balanced on cardboard sheets next to an open gutter in front of locked storefronts. From
a wary distance, she had a high fever. Michael T. Osterholm (2014) also writes that the Ebola have
been caused 4,300 cases and 2,300 deaths over past six months, and in 2012, a research team from
Canada proved that the Ebola virus could be transmitted by the route from pigs to monkeys, whose
lungs of both are very similar to those of humans. No doubt, this kind of scene did little to allay the
fears of the public, even though the Ebola have not yet infected humans in American. Those three
logical facts show the severe situation, Ebola has transformed into a completely killer virus, which
influences and threatens people in the world. Media's function in earliest representation is to let
public know what the Ebola is, why should public focus on

Ebola Virus In The Hot Zone
Ebola Zaire, arguably the deadliest known virus strain on earth, held a mortality rate up to ninety
percent in the past, and is the hottest type of Ebola Viral Diseases. In addition, there are four other
types of Ebola species: Ebola Sudan, Ebola Ivory Coast, Bundibugyo ebolavirus, and Ebola Reston.
Notably, the earliest of Ebola outbreaks being from Ebola Sudan and Ebola Zaire, both erupted
during 1976 in Africa. Previously known as the Ebola haemorrhagic fever, these virus are known to
cause tremors and convulsions in its host, resulting in the splattering of blood which is used as its
strategy for transmission. Other ways of contracting Ebola is through contact with patient's bodily
fluids and aerosolized secretions in the air. Furthermore, the novel The Hot Zone written by Richard
Preston, along with online sources from Gale's database also indicates that virus outbreaks are partly
aided through factors such as close ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
During the burial process, mourning relatives embraced and kissed the dead body. In particular,
secret societies ran burial sites which adhered to the practice of sleeping next to corpses while other
traditions involves the act of bathing and anointing others in the water rinsed off from the deceased.
As a result, the virus particles are transmitted through percolated bodily fluids and uncoagulated
blood. In fact, according to WHO(World Health Organization), reports demonstrated that from sixty
up to eighty percent of Ebola cases in the 2014 outbreak in West Africa are associated with burial
traditions. Likewise, during the emergence Ebola Sudan, the virus was further spread through the
intimate relationships between P.G.and his mistresses as said in The Hot Zone, "The agent jumped
easily from person to person, apparently through touching and sexual contact." (Preston

Charles Monet's The Hot Zone
In the first two chapter of part one of The Hot Zone started of about the day to day life of Charles
Monet, and how it got sick leading up to his death and Doctor Musoke get sick after Monet's vomit
got in his eye and mouth. The author gives a brief overview of what Monet's live was Luke after he
returned from his trip with his lady friend and got sick, then died. While doing the author posed
questions as to why and how Monet got so sick that fast. The author was trying to show the reader
that even something sliding your hand over a surface or in something can possibly make you sick.
The author's purpose for writing these two chapters was to show how quickly a life can change and
can have a domino effect. As Monet's life went from going to ... Show more content on
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Dr. Musoke so far into the book has already put Monet and probably many other patients before
himself where he is so concerned about making them better that he doesn't even put on the property
clothes before going to see them, like he did with Monet even after hearing that he was bleeding
profusely. Just from these two chapters the reader can come up with many points about the reading.
The reader can say that the author made sure to mentioned that Monet took his women friend to the
mountain and had sex then she died of AIDS, but Monet died close to the time she disappeared after
they had sex so how could he die from AIDS to, it had to be something else. This can come from
where the author says " In the afternoon, it would have rained, as it usually does Mount Elgon, so
Monet and his friend would have stayed in their tents and perhaps they made love while a
thunderstorm hammered the canvas. ( pg 10)" here the author indicates that there was sexual
activities. The author then goes on to say " Monet's friend dropped out of sight for several years
after the trip to Mount Elgo........ She vanished after that meeting in the bar lost in the warrens if
Mombasa, and by now she has probably died of

Hot Zone Epidemic
The Hot Zone Activity C How has human activity affected viruses? Human activity affects viruses
in many ways. Factors like the way we travel and emissions put out by our production facilities all
have a part. Some recent outbreaks like with the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) virus
outbreak in China and the swine flu outbreak in 2010 and 2011 support this. The current Dengue
fever pandemic is as well, and human activity is contributing to the spread of this deadly virus. To
viruses, the main role of us humans is to act as walking, virus–riddled bombs, only to burst and
spread the infection more. The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus is a serious case
of pneumonia which can be traced back to the horseshoe bat, its natural ... Show more content on
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That number was the amount of laboratory confirmed cases, but further analysis concluded that the
total was near 285,00 deaths. Research showed that the outbreak caused by this flu was a 'triple–
reassortant' virus comprised of bird, pig, and human viruses. This strand began to spread in pigs
around North and South America in the 1990s (Knox, 2012). The H1N1 (swine flu) virus is one that
has the ability to mutate between hosts and, in this case, between species. This is a trait that
contributes to the longevity of the virus and makes it very difficult to eliminate (Gholipour, 2013).
One of the main reasons the swine flu is transmitted to humans is the breeding and farming of pigs.
Because pigs are typically farmed in very large quantities, the areas in which they are bred tend to
be unkempt and crowded. This makes it easier for the virus to mutate between the hosts and
eventually to the humans who are in close proximity with the pigs. The breeding and farming of
animals for food and dairy is another way humans 'contribute' to the spread of

The Hot Zone: Ebola Virus
It is vital to understand deadly viruses and their history in order to prevent future outbreaks. Ebola
leaves very few clues after annihilating its victims, so it is incredibly important to analyze those
clues. Ebola's close relationship to monkeys contains key knowledge that could hold the secret to its
success. Paying close attention to how Ebola is spreading and mutating could lead researchers to the
answer for preventing the contraction of it. Discovering where and how the virus first emerged
could lead to Ebola's end. Ebola and Marburg are diseases that are often discussed together due to
their similarities. Ebola and Marburg are both filoviruses. According to Richard Preston in his novel
The Hot Zone, "Marburg was the first filovirus ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
The control monkeys were never injected with the Ebola virus; they were placed across the room
from the sick monkeys. After the control monkeys were found to be infected with Ebola it was
proposed that "Ebola drifted across a room. Most likely the control monkeys inhaled it into their
lungs" (Preston 93–94). Finding out that Ebola was possibly spread through the air posed as a large
problem as Karl Johnson explained to Preston in an interview, "If Ebola had spread through the air,
the world would be a very different place today... It would have been exceedingly difficult to contain
that virus if it had had any major respiratory component" (Preston 121). The Ebola strain that
Johnson encountered appeared to not be spread through the air, however there is substantial
evidence that other strains are. "In 2012 Canadian researchers found that Ebola Zaire, which is
involved in the current outbreak, was passed from pigs to monkeys in the air" (Cohen 1). Ebola is
aggressive enough that some researchers believe it is able to enter a person's bloodstream through a
small scrape (Preston 142–143). Ebola was actually spread by medical staff in some areas such as
the Yambuku Hospital where nuns used five needles a day for hundreds of their patients. This mixed
blood and gave Ebola the opportunity to spread (Preston 102). It

Chapter Summary Of The Hot Zone
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston The Hot Zone, a novel by Richard Preston explores a close
encounter and near–outbreak of the Ebola virus in a military–controlled monkeyhouse. The story
follows real–life examples of cases, as well as many fictional characters with new experiences with
the virus. The book is considered a thriller, as many of the situations feel they could happen at any
time, leaving some readers on the edge of their seats. The novel informed the nation on what likely
could be a reality, with some chapters focusing solely on the various symptoms one goes through
when contracted with Ebola and Marburg. It also focuses on the origin of the virus and what
treatment can be offered to those afflicted. The story shifts settings from Kenya to ... Show more
The language used in the book also helps give readers a better idea of some of the scientific and
viral information. For example, in the section titled Total Immersion on page 58, it states, "A virus is
a parasite. It can't live on its own...A virus makes copies of itself inside a cell...or viruses can bud
through a cell wall, like drips out of a faucet – drip, drip, drip, drip, copy, copy, copy, copy..." Here,
Preston uses an analogy and repetition to reinforce the habits of a virus to the reader. This proves
effective as Preston uses this analogy throughout the section to drive the point home. Another
example of the author using creative techniques to further explain subjects is found on page 95.
"Viruses are too small to be seen. Here is a way to imagine the size of a virus. Consider the island of
Manhattan shrunk to this size: '↿' This Manhattan could easily hold 9,000,000 viruses." Here,
Preston uses real life examples to inform and clarify to the reader. Language tools like these are just
a few instances where the author blends fiction and nonfiction, one characteristic that makes this
book

The Hot Zone Ebola Virus
Ebola is described by the author in deep detail telling the progression of which it goes through. It
starts with a headache and backache and ends with all of your internal organs failing "bleeding out"
like Charles Monet. There are four filoviruses: Ebola virus (EBOV), Sudan virus (SUDV), Marburg
virus (MARV), and Ravn virus (RAVV). They are all Level 4 biohazard, which means they are
extremely dangerous to humans especially because they are so infectious, have a high death rate,
and there are no medicines, treatments, or cures.
Charles Monet is the first character you are introduced to in The Hot Zone. He is visiting Kitum
Cave at Mount Elgon in Central Africa. Shortly after arriving he begins to get sick. His symptoms
such as vomiting, diarrhea

Chapter Summary Of The Hot Zone
The Hot Zone The Hot Zone, by Richard Preston, is an exploration of the discovery and evolution of
the three filovirus "sisters": Marburg, Ebola Sudan, and Ebola Zaire. The book begins by
introducing Charles Monet, a factory–maintenance worker in Western Kenya. He decides to go on
an expedition up Mount Elgon with a woman in search of animals and birds to watch. They come
across Kitmur cave, explore it, and trek back down the mountain. A few days later, Monet begins to
feel sick, so he goes to the hospital. They don't know what's wrong, and send him on an airplane to
the much larger Nairobi hospital. This is important, because it brings the (then unidentified)
Marburg virus aboard the commercial air system, exposing possible thousands of ... Show more
Monet arrives in Nairobi, goes to the hospital, and crashes, or bleeds out, on the floor of the waiting
room. Not knowing what he had, the doctors at Nairobi Hospital rushed Monet to an examination
room, where Dr. Shem Musoke attempts a laryngoscopy on the unresponsive Monet, and gets
vomited on when Monet abruptly takes a breath. Days later, Musoke himself falls ill and is in turn
quarantined by Dr. Silverstein, who sends an extract of Musoke's blood serum off to the CDC for
Marburg confirmation. Preston then goes on to describe a massive outbreak of the Marburg virus in
Marburg, Germany, due to the shady practices of a monkey trader and his money–saving practices.
Enter Major Nancy Jaxx, a veterinary virologist working at the Army base USAMRIID with level 4
biohazard viruses, the hottest type. She is working in the Ebola when, on her first day, she goes in to
do necrology on a few monkeys who died while in an experiment in which Dr. Gene Johnson gave
differing monkeys various drugs after infecting them with a strain of Ebola in the hopes of finding a
cure, or at the vary least a way to alleviate the distress of the already affected. Her and her boss go
through decontamination, and dress in the standard space suit required for work

In this thrilling novel, The Hot Zone by Richard Preston tells the story of a virus so notorious for its
mysterious attacks that it is deemed a Bio–safety Level 4 virus. Richard Preston acquired his
inspiration and insight first from his curiosity in his visit to Africa to study epidemiology and second
from certain contacts, Dr. C.J. Peters and Nancy Jaax, whom have helped to further Preston's
knowledge of Bio–safety Level 4 agents. Preston incorporates historical facts, interview encounters,
and scientific evidence in this nonfiction story of a virus known as Ebola infecting many people and
displaying grotesque symptoms such as vomiting blood and pale blue skin. I recommend this book
to young readers, epidemiologists, and those interested ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
This book displays the historical encounters and effects of the Ebola virus have had on past lives and
how the virus functions to destroy its host.
This immense novel displays historical facts, unlike those of a history text book, but as if in a story.
Preston is a very talented writer who understands the fundamentals of creative writing and displays
the historical facts clearly and effectively. The novel immediately starts off with the spark of the
Ebola virus erupting near Mount Elgon in Africa near the Zaire River. Preston tells the story of a
man and his girlfriend who decide to take a vacation hike to the cave of Mount Elgon. The man's
name is Charles Monet and he is a worker in the water pump factory as an engineer and is described
as a recluse who usually stays in his home along the river side. The few people who know him
describe his fondness for wildlife and how he shares a "connection" with the animals. Once in a
while Monet comes down to the village of Eldoret where he meets a woman to take on his journey
to Mount Elgon. However, both of them are completely unaware of what they are going to uncover
in the caves of Mount Elgon. While in the cave at Mount Elgon, Monet and his

Literary Analysis Of The Hot Zone By Ebola
The Hot Zone is all about the events that surrounded the outbreak of Ebola that occurred in the
1980s. The story begins when some personnel affiliated with a laboratory facility that conducts tests
on monkeys mishandle the virus, in the process causing risk to the general population. In the process
of containing the disease, Preston indulges in past similar knowledges in the wake of significant
health risk. He (Preston) has adopted the tone of viral panic, vulnerability and regret to express the
unimaginable suffering of victims that were directly and indirectly affected by Ebola.
The book revolves around a couple of scientists and medical practitioners who reflect a vast
experience in hot agents. It was set in the 1980s and uses the point of view of the main character
called Preston to describe the death and exposure of an expatriate from France called Monet
Charles. In his tone he expressed the prevalent themes that came out of the storyline which is
tortures of the victims, death and the human fear attached to it. As a matter of fact, the appeal and
the power of the literature are derived from the fear and suspense that the readers evoke as they read
through. The gory and horrific demise of Charles Monet, Peter Cardinal, and Nurse Mayinga
exposes the audience to the edge with respect to the dread and anticipation of what will ensue in the
case that the virus spreads to the general population.
The tone of viral panic and regret are supported by the dominant feeling of

The Hot Zone
The Hot Zone Summary | Part 1, Chapter 1 Something in the Forest Summary
Chapter one introduces the reader to Charles Monet. He is a French expatriate working on a sugar
plantation in western Kenya. The story begins on New Year's Day, 1980, when Charles and a woman
take an overnight trip to Mount Elgon, a formerly active volcano. During their trip, they visit Kitum
Cave.
After returning to his quiet life, Monet becomes ill. The reader knows that he is experiencing a
catastrophic illness, but Charles and those who treat him are unaware of how serious it truly is. He
experiences headaches and backaches for several days before spiking a fever and vomiting violently
for a long period of time. His eyes turn red, his face becomes ... Show more content on
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The author also creates an effective atmosphere of fear by showing that doctors, who are almost
always viewed as being superhuman, can so easily contract this virus.
The Hot Zone Summary | Part 1, Chapter 3 Diagnosis Summary
Several years later, the author visits with Dr. David Silverstein, who has gained a huge reputation in
Nairobi. Silverstein relates a 2 a.m. phone call that informed him that Dr. Musoke's blood tested
positive for Marburg, a virus about which little is known. It was named after a town in Germany
where, in 1967, citizens contracted the virus from monkeys transported from Uganda to a local
laboratory. Many of the monkeys had been brought in by a trader who was more interested in money
than the health of the animals.
The virus is different from most because rather than being ball–shaped, it is a filovirus, or has
tendrils like hair or worms that tangle together. They can also roll up into loops, a very unique trait.
The other well–known filovirus is Ebola. Marburg kills one in four humans who receive medical
treatment and is so dangerous that the international community immediately tries to identify the
source. The best they can do is to hypothesize that it was a "hot" island in western Africa populated
by sick monkeys that were trapped and sold in other countries. This is also a popular theory about
the origin of HIV and AIDS. The viruses mutate enough to spread from monkeys to humans and can
have a catastrophic effect.

The Hot Zone Essay
The title of the books that I read for my project were The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story by
Richard Preston and The Princess Bride by William Goldman. What could the similarities and
differences in a non–fiction book and a fictional book? How were the authors' point of views
similar? Which point of view was the best? Which point of view was most believable? These are the
questions that I hope to answer with the information contained in this paper. The Hot Zone: A
Terrifying True Story, tells about the origins of the Ebola virus. The story is told through multiple
peoples' point of view and spins an interesting story that captures your attention. It tells of the action
brought about during the beginning stages of identifying the virus ... Show more content on
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The two books that I read were mostly similar, though. The fact that one story actually happened
and the other didn't made no difference in the point of view in each book. One difference that struck
me though was the fact that The Princess Bride first–person quite frequently to make notes in the
book from Goldman, who abridged the book. There are many similarities in the points of view in
these books. The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story, third–person is used throughout almost all of
the book, until the end where Preston is telling about his journey to the cave the virus is believed to
have been contained. In that instance, first–person is used. In The Princess Bride, Goldman uses
third–person to tell the story, but also uses first–person to add notes into the story. They are similar
in the way they use two different points of view in the book. The point of that was best, in my
opinion, was The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story. Preston made a point to use the same point of
view through most of the book to present a interesting recap of the horrible story of the Ebola virus.
To me, The Princess Bride, could have done without the little notes from Goldman, the author. It
made the story hard to read when he would attempt to tell the story behind why things were clipped
to make the abridged

Examples Of Foreshadowing In The Hot Zone
Dictionary.com defines suspense as "a state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement, as in
awaiting a decision or outcome, usually accompanied by a degree of apprehension or anxiety." The
author Richard Preston uses Foreshadowing, imagery, and flashbacks to create suspense in his
nonfiction book, The Hot Zone. The Hot Zone is about Ebola Zaire, Marburg, and many other
deadly viruses and how they were found. The book also contains stories of research done with the
viruses in hope of finding a cure for this terrible killer. Richard Preston creates or builds up suspense
is through foreshadowing. This scene of the book is right before Nancy Jaax is going to inspect
some monkeys that have died from ebola in the lab."You are responsible for maintaining your space
suit in the same way that a paratrooper is responsible for packing his own parachute. Perhaps Nancy
was in a hurry and did not inspect the space suit as closely as she should have." (72) While she is
performing the autopsies in her space suit she realizes that there is a tear in her multi–layered glove.
Nancy also had a cut in that same hand so if any drop of the blood mixed her death would be certain.
She starts running to the shower and the whole time ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
" He loses consciousness and pitches forward onto the floor. The sound is a choking in his throat as
he continues to vomit blood and black while unconscious. Then comes a sound like a bedsheet being
torn in half, which was the sound of his bowels opening and venting blood from his anus. He has
slaughtered his gut... Monet has crashed and is bleeding out." (24) As you can see the author was
very depictive and interpreted what was happening although it was very unpleasing to read. The
graphic details given in the book adds edge of your seat suspense which keeps adding up and you
want to know the conclusion of the story. Did Monet survive after she

What Is The Mood Of The Hot Zone
Our time is up far exceeded my expectations. It was funny and heartwarming all in a short amount
of time. Exposition. Shots of routine everyday events are what first introduce us to the main
character. Shots of his alarm clock going off at 7 am. How he gently turns off the alarm and goes to
his closet of perfectly spaced identical shirts. His ties and shoes are perfectly organized. At 7:15
exactly he brews his coffee. When he goes to get the paper, the gardener tells him, "Morning Dr.
Stern, I added some new plants". With which he responds "Yeah" without turning around. He
essentially ignored him because it is not part of his routine. While drinking his coffee, a shot of him
reading National Psychologist helps us conclude that he is a doctor of psychology. Everything in his
house is perfectly arranged, even his morning paper is perfectly parallel with his placemat.
Everything about the exposition introduces him as a man very set in his ways and who does not like
to stray from routine or organization. The inciting incident occurs when a newly licensed Dr.
Gardenschwartz calls him to get some advice and to ask how Dr. Stern handles his own doctor
patient relationships. This first introduces the plot because Dr. Stern answers him saying, "All in due
time" and hangs up on the other practitioner. This simultaneously implies that Dr. Stern is somewhat
rude, and secondly, follows his life and practice with the idea that everything will work itself out
"All in due time". This

Examples Of Foreshadowing In The Hot Zone
The novel, The Hot Zone, by Richard Preston is a nonfiction book based on Ebola. The author uses
many ways to keep the readers to make the novel suspenseful. Preston stares the stories from the
first people known to have the virus to go more into detail. He utilizes literary techniques such as
imagery, foreshadowing, and personification.
The author uses imagery various times throughout the novel. One of the stories first talked about is
of a man named Charles Monet. He had gone in a cave and touched things inside if the cave that
could have caused him to become ill. After Monet became sick, he flew to Nairobi to seek medical
attention. In the novel it states," He coughs a deep cough and regurgitates something into the bag....
You see that his lips are smeared with something slippery and red, mixed with black specks, as if he
had been chewing coffee grounds. His eyes the color of rubies, and his face expressionless mass of
bruises...".(page 17) This quote continues on a bit further talking about what was happening to
Charles Monet. It shows how much detail the author used to help the reader visual the novel. ...
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When Charles Monet had finally arrives at the hospital in Nairobi, he was told to sit and wait until
he could be seen. While waiting he began to have a massive hemorrhage and Dr. Musoke came
quickly to help him. In The Hot Zone it states," He leaned down until his face was a few inches
away from Monet's mouth... Suddenly Monet jerked and thrashed. Monet vomited... Black–and–red
fluid spewed into the air, showering over Dr. Musoke. It struck him in the eyes". This quote leads
the reader to think that the doctor will get the virus as well. He had gotten to close to Charles Monet
and he had gotten vomit in his

The Hot Zone Movie Analysis
The book "The Hot Zone" and the movie "Contagion" are both about pandemics, with one a possible
pandemic and the other global. They are different because of how the media reacts to the prospect of
a pandemic, as well as how they contain or treat the potential outbreak. Both works showed how
panic can impact and contribute to the spread of the virus. "The Hot Zone" and "Contagion" both
show the media's reaction to a potential pandemic. In the book, the media knew nothing about the
outbreak other than being mildly aware that something had happened at a monkey house in Reston,
Virginia. USAMRIID (the United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases)
did everything in their power to ensure no one ascertained the truth, since they knew it would cause
panic. Scientists used back entrances to the monkey house to avoid being photographed in racal
suits. In the movie, the media knew about contaminated people, however, it was not reported as a
outbreak of a deadly virus. The media did not anticipate the virus's impact and the associated risks.
The pandemic increased, more people died, and the media realized they had underestimated the
virus. This resulted in every major media outlet being filled with news of the virus, increases in
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In "The Hot Zone" USAMRIID was able to quarantine and decontaminate the monkey house in
Reston with minimal exposure to the virus. Luckily, the virus transpired to only kill monkeys. It
altered in a way to become airborne, but lost the ability to widespread infection in humans. The
virus in "Contagion" was anticipated to have a smaller effect and therefore was underestimated until
a substantial number of people were infected. Once it was clear that the outbreak was critical the
CDC tried to contain it. On day eight 267,000 people were estimated to be infected. The CDC
finally got a grip on day 133, when a successful vaccine was

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