Natasha Tretheway Beyond Katrina Analysis
English 1101
Essay #1
6 September 2013
Beyond Katrina Analysis Perhaps Tretheway focused a portion of her novel on the idea that the economy was demolished after Hurricane Katrina due to the building of Casinos and Resorts. In “Beyond Katrina: A Mediation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast,” Natasha Tretheway infuses parallelism between the destruction of the city/ people and the destruction of the casinos, “some memorabilia washed away in the storm. They are like us in their appreciation of loss” (Tretheway 58). She explains how the casinos had sentiment in them, as do the people of New Orleans. Nevertheless; Tretheway argues that the building of casinos helped destroy the economy more than it was previously. The government focused more so
Essay #1
6 September 2013
Beyond Katrina Analysis Perhaps Tretheway focused a portion of her novel on the idea that the economy was demolished after Hurricane Katrina due to the building of Casinos and Resorts. In “Beyond Katrina: A Mediation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast,” Natasha Tretheway infuses parallelism between the destruction of the city/ people and the destruction of the casinos, “some memorabilia washed away in the storm. They are like us in their appreciation of loss” (Tretheway 58). She explains how the casinos had sentiment in them, as do the people of New Orleans. Nevertheless; Tretheway argues that the building of casinos helped destroy the economy more than it was previously. The government focused more so