By reading this graphic novel I learned a lot more about hurricane Katrina and the effect that it had on people. This graphic novel, entitled “New Orleans After the Deluge” tells the story of the real life terror that five people went through during this tragic event. This novel is consisted of five different characters, Hamid, Denise, the Doctor, Kevin and Leo. All five of them had five very different plans of surviving the hurricane. Each person has a different outcome from overcoming the storm but the one similarity of each person’s outcome is that they all got screwed over in some way. Whether it was a water shortage, or just a lack of medical attention, they all suffered greatly.
The reading interview between Robert Root and Satrapi was very intriguing. I learned that Satrapi does all the scripting and illustration by herself, without any help from a writer or artist. My favorite line in this article is when Satrapi talks about how you have to know the movement of the contents in your graphic novel. She says, “Illustration can be very static, but in comics you cannot have that. You have to be able to know the movement, you have to know the anatomy of the human being.
I thought that the interview was good but I found that the graphic novel was overall the most interesting. I loved the message that the graphic novel gave about how the government and FEMA were more concerned about the looters and gang members than saving the lives of the poor victims of this natural tragedy. When, in all actuality, the so-called “looters” were just doing what they had to do to survive. People died because they didn’t have enough water, what would anyone do in that situation.
1. What’s the whole story on the people getting rejected from entering Algiers after the storm?
2. Did the toxic water that people were walking through cause any damage to their health?
3. Does Satrapi plan on doing many more political graphic novels?
3 comments:
I like how you went in depth with your summary. it shows that you really read the graphic novel and interview. The quote you had about knowing the movement was very good. You also pointed out how the graphic novel called out FEMA and the government on being more concerned about looters and gangs than their own people. I have to agree that the graphic novel was the more interesting of the two. For your questions, number two really got me thinking. I would have to say that it did damage their health because they were walking through nasty rain water mixed with sewage from when pipes broke or overflowed. I can tell you really put the time and effort into this summary. nice job.
I agree with Amanda. The descriptive aspects of your blog were very useful. If someone needed to recap events that happened in the story, you were dead on the details. I also enjoyed the articles. To see people in such depressive situations fighting for a way out is very inspiring. Anyone could have been touched by an experience from another just like this one. You seemed to be very motivated to become a better person because of your new discovery of different situations that people get through. Great work with this entry. Keep it up!
Yes, I did in fact fully read both the graphic novel and interview. I found that novel more intersting though. Im glad to see that I wasnt the only one with that question that really stuck out. Thanks for posting your reflection and i look forward to commenting you in the future.
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