Every one of these pieces give basically the same definition of shelter, but with different forms, either physical or emotional. The physical examples of shelter come from both Ban and McDaniel with their temporary disaster relief housing methods, and the emotional from Bob Dylan’s song to the one by the Rolling Stones. Then in the story written by Updike, which gives the reader the impression that William has a sense of both; the physical by the fact that his high school gives him shelter from the whether outside, and the emotional coming from his looking forward into his future dream of being a great writer like Tennyson.  While all gave a somewhat different way of providing shelter, they all were a part of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, from the need for physical refuge to the need for emotional stability and refuge.

The tone of this reading was much different  than that of Worth’s story, but still an interesting tale. It is a sort of serious story, although  it is presented  in a way that many people wouldn’t see as very  serious. The only real feeling this story got out of me was intrigue; I was curious  about what the artwork really looked like, how everything got so blown out of  proportion  with the media, and even about how this situation  might have gone  down  in another  country.

This story about Worth was very somber, due to the fact that it was written by the younger brother of the subject of this entire article. This was a very emotional read for me, from reading about when the incident actually occurred, through to Worth’s  slow recovery with the machinery hooked up to him. I have been in a situation  several times where I wasn’t sure if a loved one would live error something life threatening  happened to them, so this was something that I could relate to  very personally.