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Review of 21-year-old Katrina survivor signing up for U.S. Army


The beginning of this story is very captivating. The narriators' voice offers a smooth introduction to the first hand account of hurricane Katrina. The story telling is very linear and takes the listener through the harrowing expericans of loss. But the title of this story is "21-year-old Katrina Survivor signing up for U.S. Army". His army enrollment isn't introduced until the last minute of the story. In my opinion, this is way too late. Based on the title, I was expecting to hear how his hurricane experiance caused him to enlist. Instead the majority of the story was about loss and moving on with a small portion dedicated to his enlistment. Although this peice tells a beautiful story, it fails to address the presented topic at a substancial depth.