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This 4-page paper compares treatment of poor people in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and in the Japanese novel The Factory Ship.
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File: AS43_MTfacthurr.doc
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spared New Orleans, levies broke, flooding the lower 9th ward, already a poverty-stricken area in a city boasting a huge gap between the "haves" and the "have nots." For days,
U.S. citizens sat in front of their television sets, transfixed at the images: Entire blocks flooded under water with people on rooftops crying for help; horror stories of robberies, rapes
and even killings taking place at the New Orleans Convention Center - supposedly a "safe haven" for those who couldnt afford to leave the area; and, on top of it
all, bungling by the local, state and federal governments, who couldnt seen to get their acts together to help 9th ward residents. To this day, almost six years after Katrina,
the 9th ward isnt getting the help it needs. Many critics point out that part of the problem is, of course, government bungling. The other part of the problem is
that 9th ward residents are very poor and have little education. The chances are pretty good that if the 9th ward was made up of wealthy, highly-educated individuals and families,
that the area would be rebuilt and operating effectively as of now. Its also likely that if the 9th ward had been a higher-income district, that it would have been
better protected, with individuals warned that flood waters were coming and they should evacuate. Its likely that a wealthier 9th ward wouldnt have seen a lot of people standing on
roofs, begging for help and rescue. Certainly, wealthier individuals would have had more options: Likely as not, they could have gotten in their
cars, or gone to the airport, and found a location on higher ground to ride out the storm. They also would have had insurance on their dwellings, so they could
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