Flood Review And Summary

In order to convey that history repeats itself, Hoffman utilizes weather as a motif to show the recurrence of massive floods. In 1858, a massive flood hit the school of Haddan and surrounding area and “After the flood, houses in town had to be refloored and reroofed; public building were torn down, then refashion from cellar to ceiling…Main Street itself had become a river, with waters more than six feet deep” (2). At the end of the book, Carlin is coming back to Haddan after a flood hit the town,“Some of the big white houses would have to be reroofed, but the Haddan School has been hit with the most severe damage, for the river had risen four feet above above its highest level, flooding the buildings”(342). When Hoffman says that buildings