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Summary And Analysis Of New Orleans After The Deluge, By Josh Neufeld

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New Orleans After the Deluge by Josh Neufeld is a comic book that tells the story of post Hurricane Katrina New Orleans and the aftermath of the horrified incident. Although being a comic book, the author successfully illustrated the scenes of the cause of damage by the Hurricane. He not only showed the before and after of the city but also showed how different people reacted to the situation back then. Prologue, Part 1 shows the Earth and the moon. The scene is zoomed out all the way to the universe, portraying a sense of serenity. Besides showing the actual cityscape, the author chose to have the whole earth as the first page of his comic book, which feels like the sign of “the calm before the storm”. By positioning the Earth at the right hand corner of the frame seems to be symbolizing that the earth is actually not as grand as we think it is. It is just one of the planets that exist in the whole universe. Any natural disaster can harm the earth and whip out the living creatures on it. After opening the story with the Earth and the moon in the universe, on page 12, the scene shows that the hurricane slowly approaching the city. The hurricane is …show more content…

In the scene, it shows a father kneeling to the ground with a tearful face. “But…you gotta help me…what am I supposed to do with her?” the father said while outstretching both of his hands up with his baby daughter lying on his palms. The baby lied unconsciously in her father’s hands, dehydrated. This scene clearly shows the desperation of the father. His family is only one of the examples of people in need for water after the storm. However, the scene really pushes me to think of other situations under that condition. The way the father is being positioned really made me feel emotional. Whenever I look at the scene, I feel like I become one of the people standing in the crowd, staring at him with

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