This is a paper written for a Western Civics class. Please correct all the errors you find.

From "The Black Death," a paper on Medieval Life for a Western Civics Class

The Plague had many causes. The common, misinformed man did not realize that fleas infected

black rats, which in turn bit humans. The fleas traveled in caravans that people used to go from

east to west. The European did not take much notice of a rat bite because he or she was not

cleanly. Another bite meant very little. They attempted to stop the disease by praying to God. In

order to do so, the people packed into the church and outside on the streets. The rats thrived in

churches and streets and they infected large numbers of people. Thus, the disease spread

quickly and Europeans puzzled over their outbreak of the plague. Approximately one-third to

two-third of the population mostly common people died from the Black Death. Instead of dealing

with the sanitary problems that led to higher populations of rats, people did not react in rational

ways or did irrational things. The families would not care for the victim and ran away from the

infected family member so as not to catch it.