Is This Kansas: Claim

Eula Biss believes that the University of Iowa, and its students do not have the midwestern hospitality that she expected. Biss argues that the university doesn't care for anything more than itself, and that the students are too wrapped up in their college life. When the community is hit by a storm, Biss writes, "It was a version of the usual Thursday-night carnival, but set against the backdrop, this time, of disaster. And that backdrop revealed the carnival for what it was." Biss had some negative views against the type of community she found herself living in. In Is This Kansas, Eula Biss uses tone, imagery, and narration to describe her experiences and observations in Iowa City.