The first part of Caesar’s last breath is about the fact that the air we breathe today has been recycled over centuries and centuries and that we could share the same breath of air that emperor Caesar breathed. Additionally, it informs us that we breath in the air from those who have been through both good and bad times throughout history; from those suffering throughout World War II to the last breath of Pompeiians as Mt. Vesuvius erupted, the air we breathe is the same.
I believe that the audience of Sam Kean’s book is the world because he is telling a story of how the world is connected through air and that no matter how small or large any event that partakes in history, we are all connected to it some way or another. I can tell this by how he links every short story to each other and how they all are tied together in the end of his analysis. One can say that another purpose of this book is to convey the history of the world through historical events that coincidentally shape the chemical make-up of the air we breathe today. Though Sam Kean is writing about a scientific topic, I believe that his audience were of every-day people who had general interest in this subject. This is seen through his manner of referencing more complex levels of chemistry through presenting them in a way that is both more appealing and more basic terminology that would be better understood. For example, his topics such as the breaking of bonds and transition electrons is a very sophisticated topic, but Kean would restrict his explanations to only a few sentences. This approach was effective by not teaching his audience of chemistry, but instead would give them general information on the complex analysis of the planets and our history in relation to the formation and dissipation of many early atmospheres. What moves that I might steal from Kean’s writing to implement in my own final project is his literary technique to add or relate historical events/ stories in his book. In my eyes, relating an interesting historical event or interesting story will further connect with his audience to the authors overall purpose for their writing and the message they are trying to convey. With this, I have no questions of my own to ask Sam Kean; however, I would like to hear his intended purpose of writing this book the way he did and how he thought his audience would perceive it.
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