Plenty Enough Suck to Go Around

Plenty Enough Suck To Go Around: A memoir of Floods, Fires, Parades and Plywood, is a novel in which the author recollects here experiences during her return to New Orleans, following Hurricane Katrina. The author, Cheryl Wagner tells of her evacuation from New Orleans with her boyfriend Jake and their two dogs, Buster and Clo. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the author and her husband return to New Orleans to discover that their home had been destroyed by the hurricane. At the beginning of the story the author seems angry at her surroundings, but after the hurricane hits and they return to New Orleans the author becomes compassionate. Throughout her ordeal, the theme of compassion is apparent as much compassion is showed to those affected by the hurricane as well as themselves. Wagner displays her compassion throughout the story as they return to New Orleans only to discover destruction and those who stayed through the hurricane.  
The fifth chapter titled “see ya, wouldn’t want to be ya,” is the first chapter in which we see the authors compassion. Upon Wagner’s return to New Orleans they encounter a woman named Ann and her dog Karma living in her flooded house. Anna tells the author the houses in the lower wards had bad flooding, saying her flooding was nothing compared to them. The author shows compassion to Ann as she donates clean water and dog food to help them survive. Wagner and her boyfriend make it an effort to return to Ann bringing supplies and groceries. Compassion is shown as Wagner makes a point of donating supplies to Ann, a woman who she has no connection with. Later in the chapter while sifting through the remains of their house, they recognize an old lady and her teenage nephew who they nickname the forgotten family. Upon hearing about the amount of food they had, Wagner once again showed compassion and donated food and water to him and his aunt. Wagner makes it a point to donate the forgotten family just like Ann.   The fifth chapter of...