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Hurricane Katrina Dave Eggers Motifs & Themes

Memoir: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Short Fiction: How We Are Hungry Creative Nonfiction “Novel”: What is the What Nonfiction: Zeitoun

Hurricane Katrina August ,836 Dead, 135 Missing 100,000 People remained in the city 20,000 in the Superdome Levees broke after much of the storm had passed, flooding 80% of New Orleans Temporary triage, jails, and shelter

Themes and Motifs: Egger’s particular style of prose, use of five senses Description of setting, sound of the water, shift in the city Idea of the American dream to a Muslim immigrant Political leanings in the text? What “American rights” come to mind? Occupying the voice of Abdulrahman Structure of the plot