What Happens in New Orleans posting 2

In this second reading, Piazza tells us about Jazz Fest and how people leave their jobs and lives for this event. I truly liked the section of the book where Piazza tells us how he couldnt find a screw that fell out  of his glasses and a woman gave her a screw out of her glasses to give to him. He tells us stories that makes us understand how friendly people from New Orleans are which makes the reader want to be in a place like that since people here aren't generous at all.
I was surprised by how he didnt have "PART II" as  this section where he talks about the poverty and the violence that goes on in New Orleans. However, when he did begins talking about this, I liked that he gave us the good side as well as the bad side of New Orleans because noplace is perfect.

Why New Orleans Matters

In Tom Piazza's Why New Orleans Matters, he walks us through what it is like to live in New Orleans and why moving there has made such an impact on his life. Piazza goes into great details about everyting he talks about, "I moved to New Orleans in 1994 and soon knew that it was home, for keeps, no matter what." (7) One thing I love that Piazza does in these first few chapters is making me feel like im right there with him learning people's different lifestyles. On page 18, he is telling us about a woman who works her butt off in her restaurant cooking most of the food on her own and telling us how she recieved an America's Classic Award. I really get to know this woman and how much of a hard worker she is when at the end Piazza tells us, "Six months later, during Hurricane Katrina, it flooded to the roof."
Piazza also explains how important music is down in New Orleans. Many traditions held will always have a bad attending. Piazza does a really good job of making me want to be there experiencing this way of life; a place where whether or not everyone knows each other, they treat each other with respect. There are people always on the streets with everyone and always something knew going on. It makes me wish I were able to have seen that womans reataurant before it were destroyed and experience seeing the "Wild Tchoupitoulas" in their chief like uniforms.

Profile by Dave Curtin

After reading Dave Curtin's profile on Adam and Megan, I was truely touched and wanted to hear so much more about Adam and Megan's lives at the end of the profile. Curtin wrote this profile as if he were there every step of the way with this family which is what kept me reading the story, unable to put it down. Although it took Curtin six months of interviewing the family to get the story together, I like that he doesnt make it sound like Bill or Cindy are the ones basically writing the story, Curtin was there a lot with the family so was able to write about the children based on much of his own emotion about what happened as well as the families; He writes about Adam's and Megan's feelings without needing to quote it from Bill or Cindy. I give Curtin a lot of credit for writing such a moving profile. I'm not sure I would have been able to write such on such a tragic subject even though the piece was of "one family's courage." Reading this profile has made me rethink the piece I was going to do and go for more of a personal story such as Curtin's on Adam and Megan.