1. Brideau's main point is that even when people are faced with multiple challenges at once, keeping a solid mindset to force one's self to get through it is the most important aspect of dealing with life. The author explains how natural disasters and poverty have forced Lydia to have her own personal hope and determination. Brideau makes this point in the last chapter on p. 131.
2. The primary point of view is written in first person in order to have the audience feel Lydia's emotions and thoughts as clearly as possible, and also to have the audience imagine what it would be like to have so many challenges set before you, and how she dealt with them.
3. Brideau makes the setting come alive by using phrases like; "... we were struck by the chemical odor of a cleaning solution so strong it seemed toxic." and "Terrified of drowning, she reminded herself to think clearly." Phrases like this appeal to reader's emotions because they are relate able.
4. The tone suits readers viewing this story in Health Affairs because it points out the devastating reality some people have faced due to hurricane Katrina. In the third paragraph, the author describes Lydia as having an abscessed tooth and how she didn't even have twenty five dollars to pay for an x-ray.
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