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When announcing the following news in the Rose Garden of the White House, most of the people were not covered, and people crowded Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Mask of the Red Death almost on the nose. When it was revealed earlier Friday that President Trump had tested positive for the coronavirus, and as the White House, especially the Rose Garden, became a hot spot, I couldn't help but think about Poe's dark and bitter work. The 'Red Mask of Death' published in 1842 did not have much content: the story was only 15 paragraphs and only 2,300 words. However, within that narrow range, Poe provided cautionary tales about human beings and inequality, and the denial of wages in times of disaster.
In a country known as the 'Red Death' epidemic, a ruler named Prospero sought refuge for himself and his courtiers behind the wall of his compound. Among other interference factors, he threw a masquerade ball and a strange dressed in red appeared at the masquerade ball. This character is nothing more than the death himself. In front of him, first the prince, then his entourage, 'falling down one by one...the hall filled with their blood, everyone died in a desperate posture. Falling down.' Please don't get me wrong. I don't want anyone to get sick, including the president. I do not want to see any confirmed cases of COVID-19. I don't want anyone to die.
Too many people have died. In the United States alone, more than 200,000 people have died of this disease. They have not only suffered from the highly contagious virus but also suffered from the government voluntarily choosing to abandon us all. Like the president, Prince Prospero also ignored the suffering of the people. Poe wrote: 'When the population of his ruled area was reduced by half, he gathered a thousand healthy and happy friends, stood out from the knights and ladies of the court, and retired with them, completely isolating one of his vaulted monasteries... ' Poe explained: u201cThe monastery was widely set up, and Prince Prospero and his companions were taken, hostage.u201d With such precautions, courtiers can resist infection. The outside world can take care of itself.
At the same time, lamenting or thinking is crazy. ' It's crazy to sigh or think. Can a phrase better express the way the Trump administration has handled or has not dealt with the COVID-19 crisis? However, as 'The Mask of Red Death' reminds us, true insanity is just the opposite. The plague is not a hoax, no one is immune, even in the rose garden. It may be unrealistic to expect the president's diagnosis to serve as a wake-up call for his followers and himself. After all, like Prince Prospero, he rejected this epidemic 'with a barbaric light', which had disastrous consequences. Poe started with his narrative: 'Red Death destroyed the country for a long time.' This is a simple, clear, and unmodified statement. We need the president to respond to the pandemic with precise and direct language. Especially now, are you asking too much?
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