Which excerpt from The Great Fire reflects the theme that rebuilding is possible after a disaster if people join together?

An exhausted Chamberlin came to the Randolph Street Bridge and discovered "a torrent of humanity pouring over the

bridge."

A few were rushing to get out a special edition about the fire, while the rest were on the roof hosing it down with water.

"He had taken a dray, but was unable to load all of his goods into the vehicle, so he employed half a dozen boys, gave each

of them a coffin, took a large one himself, and headed the weird procession ... "

"It [was] common to see ten or a dozen or fifty houses rising at once; but when one looks upon, not a dozen or fifty, but upon

ten thousand houses rising and ten times that number of busy workmen coming and going ..."

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Ivy Rodriguez

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24 January, 06:23

Which excerpt from The Great Fire reflects the theme that rebuilding is possible after a disaster if people join together?

An exhausted Chamberlin came to the Randolph Street Bridge and discovered "a torrent of humanity pouring over the

bridge."

A few were rushing to get out a special edition about the fire, while the rest were on the roof hosing it down with water.

"He had taken a dray, but was unable to load all of his goods into the vehicle, so he employed half a dozen boys, gave each

of them a coffin, took a large one himself, and headed the weird procession ... "

"It [was] common to see ten or a dozen or fifty houses rising at once; but when one looks upon, not a dozen or fifty, but upon

ten thousand houses rising and ten times that number of busy workmen coming and going ..."

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Kassidy Stark · Answer 1

Answer: "It [was] common to see ten or a dozen or fifty houses rising at once; but when one looks upon, not a dozen or fifty, but upon ten thousand houses rising and ten times that number of busy workmen coming and going ... "

Explanation:

In the book, the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 by Paul Bennie, the historian, Alfred T. Andreas spoke of his observation of the speed of rebuilding after a massive fire had torn through Chicago and left it in dire status.

He spoke in bewilderment of how people had come together to build what he described as 10,000 houses rising at once with over 10 times that number of workmen involved in the reconstruction.

Kenley Barajas · Answer 2

"It [was] common to see ten or a dozen or fifty houses rising at once; but when one looks upon, not a dozen or fifty, but upon ten thousand houses rising and ten times that number of busy workmen coming and going ... "

Explanation:

This is the statement that best conveys the idea that rebuilding after a disaster is possible as long as people come together. In this text, we learn about the destruction that the Great Fire left. However, in these sentences, we learn of how the community came together to overcome this tragedy. We learn that, because of their collective efforts, ten thousand houses were rising at the same time, with ten times that number of workers coming and going. This shows the commitment and resilience of the community.