Zeitoun Analysis

In Dave Egger’s New York Times best seller, Zeitoun, he writes about a Muslim man named Abdulrahman Zeitoun who stays behind during Hurricane Katrina and canoes around to help people that are trapped in their house and helps them get to safety and he feeds helpless dogs that are starving. Zeitoun is portrayed as a heroic family figure in the book. He is a kind man and acted selflessly whenever he had to do things. For example, he gave the limited food that he had to save the starving dogs and each day he went back. However in 2012, the world was shocked to find that Abdulrahman Zeitoun was convicted of domestic violence and other hateful crimes. There is now a big controversy at Mills High School, and teachers are debating whether or not students
In the novel Zeitoun was charged for looting and put in jail however he was put in jail and had his human rights wrongly violated due to post 9/11 fear throughout America. Zeitoun, as a result, was forced to strip naked and was called a “Taliban” while he was in jail because of their generalized opinion of Muslims, believing that Zeitoun was naturally associated with a terrorist group. The book ultimately highlights how Muslims are looked at differently. This concept is so important for students at Mills High School to read, for it teaches students about islamophobia. Muslim people all over the world face issues about their race everyday and it hasn't stop. Even at our school, students are looked at differently if they wear a hijab. But students at Mills should look past the fact about islamophobia and just look at students who are muslim the same as everyone else. It also teaches students not to “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover” meaning it doesn’t matter how the person looks it really matter how the person acts or what’s inside. This is just one thing that us high schoolers should learn before we walk across the stage to shake your