Visual Argument

The first image is a picture from The Great Flood of 1937 called "At The Time Of The Louisville Flood."  The image says "There is no way like the American way." Next to that caption is what looks like a white American family with a dog, all in a car. It also says "Worlds Highest Standard of Living". I think that this image is representing how different the lifestyles were between the whites and the blacks. The white Americans were able to get in a car and happily drive away. On the bottom is a line of what looks like African Americans all holding baskets. They had it all different. They werent able to just leave. They had to stay and stick it out the hard way.

The second image was of Milvertha Hendricks. This is an image of a woman waiting outside, wrapped in an American Flag blanket after Hurricane Katrina. Milvertha is an 84 year old lady. She appears to be very tired and cold. I think this image means that she has faith in America and for help to come to New Orleans. Also, there is more than one person with the American flag wrapped around them. Maybe the American flag blankets were being handed out as a sign that help is coming. Maybe Milvertha and the others sitting around her, their homes got destroyed. Maybe that blanket is all they have left to provide warmth for them.