Lydia's Story

Questions 1-4 on page 131:
1) The main point I gathered from the story is what they wrote at the very end of the paper: "It represents the essence of hope and determination in the face of a terrible adversity," similar to when Lydia said she was proud she'd kept her head up even though her house was being flooded.
2) Lydia has the main point of view throughout the story, which helps clearly define exactly how bad the circumstances were. Overall it made the story more powerful reading about a near death experience and how she got saved then reading rom Brideau's POV and reading about how wounded people were. This was a story about hope.
3) Brideau used words like "rushing" water, "horrified", her place on the kitchen counter becoming "precarious", and speaking of the water levels compared to Lydia's height such as once the water had receded, it was still up to her skin. It helps create a more vivid picture in the reader's head and makes them relate that panicky feeling they may have had before, and empathize with Lydia in the story.
4)The original audience for this piece would probably have been search and rescue crews, but specifically the nurses who help rescue and heal people in those situations. Other doctors may have been targeted by the piece as well, because Brideau used phrases and words like "abscessed", "tender", "extracted", and the number of days she went without food, all with a medical goal in mind. Because her cheek was tender, the tooth probably needed to be extracted, etc.