1. Hurricane Katrina Dave Eggers Motifs & Themes

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

3. Hurricane Katrina August 2005 1,836 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

5. 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