Book Club Thesis

My thesis for Why New Orleans Matters is, that looking past the destruction and poorly put together neighborhoods, New Orleans will always be in the hearts of its natives and Piazza shows this by describing the traditions and customs that New Orleans holds.

I liked the book and thought it was very interesting but after talking with my group I've come to realize that it is kind of like a travel guide.  There are certain things he describes too much and it gets repetitive at times.  By reading it we can clearly see why New Orleans matters but I feel like he could have done it in a different way.

examples of other people's thoughts on the book
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/100298914
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/229440085
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/179906077  -- negative review

Tent City

In the last class we went out to talk to the people who were participating in Tent City.  We talked to the two people who are high up in the Social Justice League, Nicole Sauber and Kayla Harvey.  They told us that they do Tent City to raise awareness about homelessness and possible figure out solutions to it.  This event takes plase outside of the RCC and it's where people sleep in tents for 5 nights and basically go on with there day like a homeless person.  When talking to Nicole, she said that the event is getting bigger and bigger each year and this year they have at least 25 participants.  The Social Justice League brings in speakers every year to talk about homelessness in hopes everyone will join them and listen to what they have to say.  Hearing what Nicole and Kayla had to say really put it into perpective for me and really taught me how important this issue is and how many people are left homeless.

Article for Book Club

Last week in Book Club we all decided to find one article each about New Orleans in a different point of view other than Piazza's.  I found an article called Rebuilding New Orleans by Peter Jon Lindberg which is clearly about New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.  In this article, Lindberg does exactly what Piazza did in Why New Orleans Matter which is he describes some of the restaurants in the city and the food that is still the same there.  He then goes on to talk about the devastation after Katrina and mentions the neighborhoods. Lindberg talks of the X marks that are sprayed on buildings to note that the property was searched.  Also, he ends it by saying that time is measured in "Before the storm," "During the storm," and "Since the storm."

Online Portfolio

This is my online portfolio that shows my progression throughout the Fall 2011 Semester.

http://www.weebly.com/weebly/main.php#