Topic and Main Idea

Topic: Kenya/Paris attack opinion.

Heading #1 main idea: Several people quickly found an article on the attack written by British Broadcasting corp.

Heading  #2 main idea: Many people feel that we react to terrible events differently depending on whom the victims are.  Some deaths seem to matter more to us than others.

Heading #3 main idea: One thing seems clear, though.  People are more likely to care when terrible things happen to people and places to which they feel close.

Heading #4 main idea: It is that closeness to Paris that made so many americans express their sadness and shook on Facebook and Twitter.  It was almost as if a friend had died.