Base your answers to the questions below on your viewing of "Teaching the Levees," Act 2, Chapter 5.
1. In what way is Gen. Honore shown as a "All-American Hero?"
2. How is the Convention Center evacuation portrayed?
3. What images come to mind as the convoy is shown arriving in town?
4. What are the images of evacuation? What associations do you have to those images?
5. Herbert Freeman describes being forced to leave his dead mother behind in order to get on the bus. How does this dilemma make you feel?
6. Do you think the documentary is presenting a BALANCED account of the breaching (breaking) of the levees? Does the director, Spike Lee, have a point of view?
14 comments:
1. Gen. Honore is shown as an “All American Hero” by coordinating military relief efforts during Katrina.
2 The Convention Center evacuation is portrayed as chaotic. People were being pushed and shoved, and no one knew what was going on.
3. I see war and peace at the same time. I see war because everything is turned upside down and people died. But I see peace because so many people helped each other and cared for others.
4. The images of evacuation are crazy. People are lined up, trying to move etc. Many people needed to by assisted (ex: carried, walked along etc) When I see those images I think of a big event or something because so many people are trying to get to the same thing.
5. Herbert Freeman was distraught. He had to leave his dead mother behind in order to get on the bus, but he knew he would never if she was buried. He would never see her again and it was painful. His dilemma makes me feel blessed that something like Katrina never happened to me. If I had to leave one of my parents I would never be the same person again.
6. Spike Lee’s point of view is the people and how they lost everything. But at the same time he wants people to know what the government did to help…nothing. The government hardly knew what was going on and it took FEMA more then 5 days to help the people.
Anastasia Ioannou Pd. 2 : )
2)The Convention Center evacuation is portrayed by showing all of the citizens leaving the center nd getting on board buses.
3)The images that came to mind as the convoy is shown arriving in town were signs of relief for the citizens that were stuck in the Convention Center.
4)The images of the evacuation of the Convention Center are very clear of the ppeople getting on to the buses.
5)This dilemma make me feel sad that he had to leave his dead mother behind and board the bus. theses people who where dead were treated like animals. I dont feel that it was right for theses people to be treat this way
6) i think the documentary is presenting a BALANCED account of the breaching of the leeves i think his P.O.V is to show that the government knew somewhat about the leeves not being finished and they didnt really do anything to help fix them
anthony period 2
1. Gen. Honore shown as an "All-American Hero" because he was a part of FEMA and he helped the victims of Katrina, and he actually helped the victims more than other people did.
2. The Convention Center evacuation was very chaotic because there was people waiting in long lines, and they were waiting such a long time to evacuate.
3. When the convoy is shown arriving in town, it showed that there was hope for the survivors to get out to a better place.
4. The images of evacuation show that the buses have come to take them somewhere safer and they won't have to suffer.
5. This dilemma makes me feel sad because it's like saying risk your life or someone elses. But that wasn't right of them to not even let him say goodbye to his mother.
6. I think the documentary is balanced of the breaching of the leeves and I think even though Spike Lee doesn't say much, he shows his point of view in the pictures throughout the documentary.
Brianna R. Period 4
1. Gen.Honore was shown as an American Hero because he brought troops with him to the south and when the government was not doing anything he came in and as an good US army general would do he took charge and went to work. He is an all American Hero because as a general it is his duty to protect the country and homeland, which is what he did.
2. The Convention Center evacuation was horrible. Thousands of people all packed into one space for such a long amount of time. No food, water, it was so hot and many people ended up dying because of lack of provisions.
3.The images that came to mind for me were images of hope and salvation for those people. They waited days for help and when the government finally decided to help they send trucks and i am sure to those people it was like a beacon of hope.
4.I believe the images of the evacuation made me feel good to know that those people were finally escaping and that no more would anyone would suffer in the great city of New Orleans.
5.It made me feel so sad for him and so many others who lost there mother. It also made me feel angry at the man who told him the buses would be there soon because they didnt come soon and a couple of hours of waiting he discovered his mother had died and when the buses finally came he was forced to leave he was forced to leave his mother's body and hope that when[ he returned she would be well taken care of.
6.I think this video shows balance but it is very clear that he focuses on telling the truth and wants the audience to know what happened on that date. I think his point of view is simply to tell the truth because much of what was in the video i didnt even know and his whole point was to tell people a true story.
Allison OHagan
Period 2
1. Gen. Honore was shown as a Hero because he helped the problem in the city.
2. The evacuation was hell.
3. Help is here finally some thing will happen.
4. people were torn away from each other like what happened in the German Camps in WW II
5. It's sad but the need of the living out way the need of the dying and the dead.
6. It balances everything well.
P.S. I would like to finish the movie all ready.
David W
901
Period 4
1. Gen. Honore was interpreted as an "All-American Hero" because he helped the people in New Orleans and actually tried to do something about it. He immediately took action and told the people the truth about what was going on.
2. It took a while for the people at the Convention Center to leave because the buses took days to arrive and many people had died without food and water by that time. But eventually they had buses come and they would take each person by the family and put them on the bus to get them food and water.
3. I see a lot of trucks and buses driving through all the water, trying to get to the people who need to be rescued and need to be fed food and water because a lot of people were sick.
4. For the evacuation, I see a bunch of cars on the expressway stuck in traffic, barely moving, and trying to escape. It's basically what they showed in the documentary.
5. I honestly don't think I would be able to do that. As much as I need food and water, those buses took forever to arrive. And that's why his mother passed away. They didn't arrive fast enough for certain people. It's really sad.
6. It's somewhat balanced because you had Spike Lee interviewing people and what they thought, and a lot of people felt that the levee's were blown up. And you can't blame them because if they did that for Betsy, why not Katrina? I don't think he showed any personal point-of-view through out the film, but I'm really not sure.
-Megan E.
Period 2.
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2. it is described as similar to when slaves were brought from africa to america. whole families were seperated and the conditions in the planes and buss were horrible, not to mention the thirty hour drive.
3. a fire truck convoy going to a fire.
4. chaos, noise, lots of people, and confusion. these images remind me of when i went to haiti.
5. it makes me feel that the government didnt want to save the people because they care about them, but only to avoid the critisism the governmment and america would get if they didnt.
6. i think that spike lee has the point of view that says " its the govenment's fault and not the people's.
1. General Honore is shown as a hero because he was the only one that finally said this is over, we are going to move on.
2. I don't really remember. Sorry.
3. No images. But I liked how the General comes to town and starts waking everybody up that hasn't done anything for almost a week.
4. Don't understand this question.
5. This dilemma makes me feel kind of bad because leaving my dead mother behind would kill me.
Watching her left behind while i'm on the bus...I don't know.
6. They broke but the people didn't know how they broke, if they blew them up or if the water teared them apart. Anyways, the movie was made well and I think he showed his point of view.
Domenico Rizzo
1) Gen. Honore helped the victims the most and this is why he's portrayed as a hero.
2) The evacuation is portrayed as being really depressing and no one was with there families and it was just horrible and I know I wouldn't want to be in there shoes.
3) The image of sadness comes to my mind.
4) Images of people crying, images of the buses, images of dead bodies scattered all over the place and also images of just plain out sadness all around.
5) This dilemma makes me want to cry because the thought of leaving my mother or someone I love behind is something I would never want to do.
6) I think it shoes both sides of the story and Spike Lee's point of view is that no one was there to help the Katrina victims when people should've been.
-Shannon Doran 931
1. Gen. Honore is concidered an "all American hero" because he evacuated the people of New Orlenes, and stopped the army from shooting any more people.
2. The citizence in New Orlenes thought that the evacuation was a wonderful, life saving thig, even if they had to wait a while.
3. When I saw the convoy arrive in New Orlenes during the documentary, I felt so happy for the people, that they were finaly about to leave. This is also how the people felt.
4. The images of evacuation were the people smiling, and waving on the busses and convoy. At that time, I felt really happy for the people in those images.
5. I feel really bad for Herbert Freeman, it makes me feel very depressed, because if I ever had to leave my dead mother, I would think that she would never forgive me.
6. I think that the breaking of the levees was very ballanced in the documentary. I also think that Spike Lee has a point of view on the levees breaking, if not, he might have given the documentary a different name.
Andrew Villa Period 2 931
1. In what way is Gen. Honore shown as an "All-American Hero?"
Gen. Honore was shown as an “All-American Hero” because he was a real hero for the people in New Orleans metro area after Katrina. He was designated commander of Joint Task Force Katrina and was responsible for coordinating military relief efforts in the affected areas across the Gulf Coast. He brought the people food, medical supplies and a no-nonsense attitude. It was said that as soon as he stepped out of the helicopter, he started yelling and screaming at people and things started to move faster and things were actually getting done. He was credited for turning around the relief efforts after a poor performance by FEMA.
2. How is the Convention Center evacuation portrayed?
The Convention Center evacuation was not portrayed as a good thing. What started out as strictly a transportation point turned out to be a point of housing for the evacuees. The Convention Center was not equipped for this because no provisions were made for water, food, clothing or medical supplies. People were being dropped off at the Convention Center by rescuers or walked there themselves because they heard that people were staying there. Rumors started flying around of people dying, rapes and rampant drug use was going on inside the Convention Center. People were dying inside and their corpse was left alone to decompose. With the number of people steadily increasing the living conditions inside of the Convention Center was deteriorating rapidly.
3. What images come to mind as the convoy is shown arriving in town?
The images that came to mind when I saw the convoy arriving in town was of all the people looking up and saying finally help has arrived. Possible joy and happiness came over the faces of the people. Some had worried looks, some still showed the agony and pain that they had gone through and some had looks of relief. Some still had puzzled looks on their faces wondering if their friends and family was still alive. I could see images of pure sadness and pure joy all wrapped into one.
4. What are the images of evacuation? What associations do you have to those images?
The images of people evacuating to me was seeing everyone leaving as fast as they could because they felt they were all in danger. I could see everyone pushing and shoving one another to get on whatever mode of transportation that was available carrying whatever personal belongings they could. I could see images of people crying, people trying to help the sick and the old and people screaming for help. I can see mass chaos as people run around not know where to go and what to do. I remember was when I was in 5th grade, we had a gas explosion right by my school. I remember the teachers telling us to line up quickly and that we had to evacuate the school immediately. We evacuated the school and walked over to the closest park which was 3 blocks away from the gas explosion. The teachers appeared pretty calm while the students were a little nervous and scared because we did not know what was going on and what to expect.
5. Herbert Freeman describes being forced to leave his dead mother behind in
order to get on the bus. How does this dilemma make you feel?
The dilemma of having to leave my dead mother behind in order to get on a bus would make me feel really sad and angry. Not knowing what was going to happen to her body if I was to leave gives me an uneasy and uncomfortable feeling in my heart. There would have been no guarantee that I would be able to find her body when I am able to return to give her a proper burial. I know deep down she would have been very happy for me knowing that I made it to safety but leaving her behind would have broke my heart.
6. Do you think the documentary is presenting a BALANCED account of the breaching (breaking) of the levees? Does the director, Spike Lee, have a point of view?
I think that the documentary is presenting a balanced account of the breaching of the levees because it shows how New Orleans got flooded. Spike Lee actually went down to New Orleans to question the flood victims, the rescue workers, the politicians and any one else he felt he needed to question. The director Spike Lee definitely has a point of view. He felt that the response was slow because of the area being poor and that the majority of the people were African American. He stated in an interview that everyone, the President, the Vice-President and the Secretary of State were all on vacation when Katrina hit and not one of them hurried back to the White House or even attempted to visit New Orleans to see for themselves the devastation that took place. He wanted to make sure that every American remembers what happened down in New Orleans with his documentary.
1.General Honore was an all American Hero because he was in charge and had a plan of action to help the people who survived Hurricane Katrina. He organized everyone and knew what had to get done so the people could be saved. He was a very strong willed man and became sort of a hero.
2.When the people were leaving the Convention Center it was totally unorganized. When they saw the buses waiting for them, they ran as fast as they could to get on them but there wasn't enough room for everyone so some people had to wait.
3.The image of joy on people's faces is what I saw when the convoy came. It was like they were smiling because help finally came.
4. When the people left the convention center I saw that they were desperate to get out and were running towards the buses. They looked dirty and tired but they were happy that someone came to help them. I felt happy for the people because they were finally free and sorry for them too because they lost everything and the government took too long to rescue them.
5. This dilema makes me feel really sad because when you are in a situation like that where you lost all of your things and then your mom dies , it was a hard choice for him. He loved his mom so much and didn't want to leave her but Herbert also has to stay alive, so he left.
6.I think the director gave a balanced accoutn of the breaking of the levees and I aslo think that he had a point of view because he wanted to show how Hurricane Katrina affected the people of Louisiana, the damage that happened, and how it took so long for the government to help the people.
Sara T
period:4
1. Gen. Honore is shown as a "All American Hero" in a way because he actually went down to New Orleans as soon as possible, to help all the women, men, seniors and children who were stuck in the Super Dome and the Convention Center to get them on the buses and out. He also created order and tried to come up with a plan with Mayor Ray Nagan.
2. The Convention Center evacuation was portrayed as somewhat of an order that General Honore was trying to accompish, but since there was so much damage and so many people were confused it wasn't that easy. Many people were separated from their families and there were just 2 big lines going through the lobby of an hotel, and many people were pushed and shoved just trying to make it to the buses.
3. Some of the images that came to my mind was relief because it meant that finally the government was making an effort to help all the people that were hurt lost pretty much their entire life.
4. The images of evacuation was the lines that the army was trying to form to get everyone on the buses, but there was so much confusion that people didn't know where to go. One man had to leave the body of his dead mother in the back on the Convention Center in a hot room and nobody was helping him.
5. This made me feel infuriated and sad because Herbert Freeman couldn't get any help for his mother which was dead and being treated like an object. The army wasn't showing any sympathy. I understand the fact that they were trying to get all the people on the buses and out of New Orleans, but there should have at least been a group or a system trying to take care of the deceased, especially when their family was still around.
6. Yes, because Spike Lee is trying to show all the citizens that lost their lives and were left with nothing after Hurricane Katrina, and as well showing how the government didn't do anything to help or at least when they did finally react it was much too late.
Gabrielle Rosado
Class Period 4
MAKEUP HOMEWORK
1.gen. honore is shown as the all american hero because when he comes he puts everyone to work and its like civilization once again.
2.the convention center evacuation was portrayed as a slavery way,because all the elderly were put in one line the children and the people who were fit and able to work in another.
3.the images that are shown when the convey comes to new Orleans is happiness because its like the people know they are going to be helped.
4.the images of evacuation are dirt, and sweating, frustration ll of those things it shows injustice.
5.the fact that Herbert Freedman had to leave his mother dead in new Orleans in order to be evacuated makes it seem like a racial thing like injustice, how can you want your mother to be left behind like if she was some kind of animal when someone passes away its a sad thing and this wasn't right it wasn't justice.
6.yes the director has a point of view and his point of view is that the people weren't treated equally they were treated like slaves.
angela rivera 903
2nd period
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