ENVS 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: George W. Bush, Sestina, Anthropomorphism
16 Nov 2017
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Themes that create storylines: luther b, katrina personified, new orleans personified, chorus of unnamed victim"s, background of distanced elites (president flies over) Based on research about people"s experience in new orleans, based in reality, giving you a version of a documentary. Katrina: nasty diva who compares herself to other storm. Neworleans: aging seductress who can not be denied by anyone who visits her. Distanced elites: gwb flew over new orleans at 30,000 feet and he made a statement empathizing with new orleans, which was not popular. Ew assume that the persona is a different. Most important kind of poem for patricia smith. People had to become heros because they couldn"t get out - there weren"t resources for them to get out. Persona: a rich white lady probably in her 50s, who were leaving one house for their vacation home on higher ground, they have a lincoln (nice car),
