Natalie's second essay

Natalie Bell

Chinese Workers Finish 5,500 Mile Wall!!!

it is the year of 206 B.C.In China and the Great Wall of China is finished. It took over 300 years and finally finished by Emperor Qin. The Great Wall of China starts in Qinhuangdao which is on the Eastern side of China and ends somewhere in Jiayuguan to the west. Over two million eight hundred thousand workers worked on the wall. At first the wall was built by the seven warring states for the purpose of keeping out the other states and the Mongolians, but our great emperor Qin finished it .

Slaves did work on the wall and one slave said “It was hard and a lot of people died. Some died that were close friends and some were strangers.”

Not only slaves worked on the wall, but some people that did not pay taxes. One worker that did not pay their taxes said “It was risky because so many people died and I was only working on it for six months, but that’s what happens when you don’t have money to pay taxes It was almost like going to war where you can die at any moment.”

Instead of taking out the bodies out of the wall and wasting time they just left them and did not notify the family so the only way you knew that they were dead is if they didn’t come back home.

One wife said “My husband left about two months ago to go and work on the wall. He went because he wanted to be a part of history and then about one month ago,he did not come back.I was thinking that he was just at a friend’s house and then a week later,I finally knew that the unthinkable had  happened and he left that morning without saying good bye. I hope that people remember him in a good way and not the bad moments.Rest in peace Chan we will all remember you.”

The different ways that the workers died was from falling asleep while working on the wall, dehydration, injuries from bricks falling, and hunger. The wall is said to be the biggest thing on earth length of 5,500 miles long, 16 to 26 feet tall, and 15 to 30 feet wide. It goes over steep mountains, through deserts, and past villages. So if you fall off there is a huge possibility that you will die.So there is no messing around so far just this weekend six people have fallen off and three of them died the others were rushed to the E.R.

This is what people say about the wall “It is magnificent.”

“Thank you to the people that died working on the wall.”

“So big and tall thank you.”

“It’s the biggest thing I have ever seen and will ever see!”

“No words to explain it”

Ladies and gentlemen you need to come and see this serious wonder of the world!