Hurricane Song

 In the book Hurricane Song by Paul Volpone, a teenage boy named Miles and his father are stuck in the Superdome during Hurricane Katrina. While they were stuck in the Superdome they went through a series of hardships. The affect of these hardships helped changed the feeling and personalities of the characters in the book.

     Before Hurricane Katrina hit Pops, Miles' father and Miles relationship wasn't so great. Miles didn't have anything anything common with Pops at first and Pops wasn't ever home. He was always downstairs of their apartment, at a club called Pharaohs, playing his Jazz on his trumpet. He was always at Pharaohs that Miles thought that Pops loved his music more than him but after the hurricane their relationship changed.

    During the hurricane Pops told Miles not to interfere in any drama and to mind his own business, but in the end they did interfere in a lot of Drama. This was one of the hardships that helped them change. If Pops didn't interfere in the drama like identifying the dead body of Cyrus, a mentally unstable person who used to wash dishes at Pharaohs who jumped off the Superdome because he thought it was a slave ship. This softened a spot in Pops' heart because when they finally identified Cyrus he and Miles have Cyrus a proper funeral by playing their music. This also changed Miles  feeling about music. At first he hated music because he thought his father loved music more than him but later on he found that his father didn't actually love music  more than him and he grew to enjoy music like his father. 

     I think the book Hurricane Song his a great way to show that it is never to late to change. Everyone could change if they wanted to. Pops and Miles relationship changed when he told Miles he loved him more than music. Pops wanted their relationship to change and that why their relationship got better.