For my reading, I read an interesting article on a flood in Australia and how it was so bad and devastating that it had snakes and crocodiles in peoples homes! The article was, "Aussie floods bring snakes and crocs", by msnbc.com news services. The title of the article is pretty self explanatory, so I won't really need to summarize what happened; basically, a flood destroys lots of homes, people in danger as usual, and snakes and crocodiles invade. From the text, "'That's why I keep the broom here (at the front door) to chase the snakes away,' he told reporters. Some 2,900 homes have been damaged in Ingham and hundreds of people evacuated to a temporary shelter"(Aussie floods msnbc.com). I found this to be quite interesting and decided that it would fit perfectly with the novel, Nectar in a Sieve; not only because of the scene where Rukmani encounters a snake, but because of the scene where the monsoon storms destroy her village and marketplace. Both events, fictional and true to life, had major impacts on the societies that the disasters affected.
Works Cited for Quarter 3 - Blog #1 :
"Aussie floods bring snakes and crocs" msnbc.com news services. 7:31 a.m. PT, Wed., Feb. 4, 2009. February 4, 2009. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29013547/
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