Flood Quote by Susan Straight
“I wrote a story about a man who is orphaned during the 1927 Mississippi River flood in Louisiana, and he's on the banks of levee, and he's starving. And there are other people starving, too. And he's so desperate, he's seven years old, that he finds a pig that's been abandoned. He kills it with a hammer, and he drags it back.”
About This Quote
A tragic narrative of a starving child during a historic flood, highlighting desperation and survival.
In simple terms: A child kills a pig for food during a flood.
Key Takeaway
Reflect on human desperation in crises.
Themes
survival
poverty
history
Mood
somber
reflective
Type
literary
historical
When to use this quote
- humanitarian aid
- education about history
- literary analysis
Key Concepts
humanity
ethics
disaster response
Questions to Reflect On
- What moral dilemmas arise in survival?
- How does history shape our empathy?
A Different Perspective
May be distressing for some readers.
![“[N]early all that we call human history—money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery—[is] the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.” quote by C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4b7/c-s-lewis-121_christianity_n-early-all-that-we-call-human-history-m_170233.jpg)
