The text describes a process of using Cassandra and Pig for data analysis, specifically to answer the question "What portion of California is covered by libraries?". It explains how to load library service outlet data into Cassandra, create a table schema, and perform queries on the data. The author then moves to PIG for more advanced queries, demonstrating how to filter and count rows based on specific criteria. Finally, it shows how to save the processed data back into Cassandra using CqlStorage.