New Perspective of Ground Zero

Suzanne Berne when discussing Ground Zero says "what you are looking at, "nothing" becomes something much more potent, which is absence." Throughout this essay a theme Suzanne discovers is the feeling of fulfillment being created by a hole of nothing.  Ground Zero is expected to be this tragic sight which evokes an emotion of uneasiness. When Suzanne was at Ground Zero she did not see tragedy instead she emphasizes the beauty that it has become filled with. After the World Trade Centers collapsed people from all around came to see the sight. Firefighters, police, visitors go to Ground Zero to either pay their respect for the dead, or show their love of their country. By these people doing this, the hole becomes filled with love. I thought the perspective Suzanne brings on Ground Zero is very poetic. Instead of just looking at it from a two-dimensional perspective, she goes deeper. My favorite line of the essay is when Suzanne says "Then gradually you eyes do adjust, exactly as if you have stepped from a dark theater into a bright afternoon, because what becomes most striking about this scene is the light itself." This detail really brings the image into my mind and makes it feel very lifelike.