Hurricane Katrina Themes

Based on the video of Huricane Katrina, there are many underlying themes between the cause and affect. Firstly, I want to start off by saying how many of the parts played off through the theme "Crisis Management." In other words, how humans reacted to this, which showed how most of the situation was going to turn out. It showed that many of the people had lost hope for the damage, and in the government for not helping during the crisis. This is leading to the theme "Trust in Leaders." What I mean by this is that many civilians don't trust their leaders and in the end don't get the help they deserve. Additionally, it shows how "Trust in Religion" had changed throughout all the people. What I mean by this is that people stopped trusting in their religions and losing hope. What this brought was turning these people into something they regret. A theme that can be known as the basis is "Technology vs. Nature," inwhich responsibilty can be placed upon the government. In other words, it shows that the lack of technolgy the government used in fixing the levees reflected in nature breaking the levees and having the water enter. Lastly, a theme which can be proven throughout time is "social class." In this case it shows how during thehelicopters, they had left all the poor class stranded and trapped, while they never hesitated in helping higher class people. This demonstrates the inequity and how people suffer through this. It can be inferred how it should change before it gets worse and it will never come to a solution.