A Nonfiction Account of Hurricane Katrina by Dave Eggers
Question 9 • TX-English III B
Read the excerpt from part 4 of Zeitoun.Zeitoun had picked up and dropped off friends and relatives at the station a handful of times over the years. Fronted by a lush lawn and palm trees, the Union Passenger Terminal had opened in 1954, an art deco-style building once aspiring to grandness but since overtaken by a certain grey municipal malaise. There was a whimsical candy-colored sculpture on the lawn that looked like a bunch of child’s toys glued together without reason or order.Why does the author include this description?
Answer
A
to present Zeitoun as a New Orleans resident
B
to criticize the architectural choices in downtown New Orleans
C
to illustrate the grim, military realities of post-Katrina New Orleans
D
to show Zeitoun’s discomfort in the grand downtown area
Explanation
The details about Zeitoun picking up and dropping off friends and relatives at the station “over the years” establish that he knows and uses the city’s Union Passenger Terminal. This helps present him as a New Orleans resident. The unflattering comments about the building and sculpture describe the setting, but they do not focus on downtown architecture generally or on post-Katrina military conditions.
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