Buckley Honors American Literature September 20‚ 2011 Abdulrahman Zeitoun‚ Not Clark Kent Zeitoun‚ a fantastic novel by author Dave Eggers is a heroic tale of faith and courage set during Hurricane Katrina of August 2005‚ in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. The hardy protagonist of the chronicle is Abdulrahman Zeitoun‚ a Syrian man‚ living in Louisiana with his wife‚ Kathy‚ and his three daughters and stepson. Zeitoun‚ a former sailor‚ used to storms and seas‚ at the time of the hurricane
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form over warm oceans near the equator. The warm‚ moist air rises up from the ocean surface causing an area of low air pressure. According to a NASA Official‚ Kirsten Erickson‚ air from the high pressure begins to push into the low pressure and the “new” air becomes warm and moist‚ too. The warmed moist air rises and cools off then the water in the air forms clouds. According to Erickson‚ the systems of clouds and wind spins and grows‚ fed by the oceans heat. The storm begins to rotate faster and faster
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Jazz is one of the most dynamic forms of music‚ having started in New Orleans with blues and ragtime around the 1900. Jazz was not heard at concerts around the nation. Jazz was heard in the small bars and “honky tonks” of the poor New Orleans neighborhoods. Now the idea of jazz being a secluded and limited from the rest of the nation and world is preposterous to musicians today because of the way Jazz has permeated our entire society. Jazz has changed so much since its inception and that is evident
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destruction of the city/ people and the destruction of the casinos‚ “some memorabilia washed away in the storm. They are like us in their appreciation of loss” (Tretheway 58). She explains how the casinos had sentiment in them‚ as do the people of New Orleans. Nevertheless; Tretheway argues that the building of casinos helped destroy the economy more than it was previously. The government focused more so
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government that we were not prepared to fill. In addition‚ there were many criticisms from an environmental and structural standpoint. Critics said that New Orleans and the Jersey Shore were not structurally prepared for that kind of weather‚ and they should have been. I am going to look into how the government intended to fill that hole and what new policies were being written so something like this would not happen again. Scholars have brought up a number of factors as to why and how the natural
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However‚ due to FEMA and the government’s neglect‚ the people of New Orleans are left without enough supplies. Especially in critical shelters such as the New Orleans Superdome‚ limited supplies causes chaos among all of the people. Regarding previous hurricanes‚ Zeitoun remembers that the Superdome has been ill-supplied and caused nothing but disaster. Even though
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taxes being cut as his appeal to get his point across about the way things were being done‚ before Hurricane Katrina. These are things that could have been fixed and possibly prevented. In part 4‚ “Complaints were voiced that the people trapped in New Orleans had only themselves to blame‚ since they
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way to the chaotic city of New Orleans in hopes of an escape from her painful life‚ and to find refuge with her younger sister Stella‚ as she is her only living relation. In light of her efforts to forget and shed her illicit past‚ she utilizes the bathroom and resorts to the act of bathing. Blanche’s continuous desire for the bathroom manifests escape from those around her and a need for cleansing away her wrong doings. Blanche‚ a bewildered woman‚ arrives to New Orleans with an inadequate past.
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Reflections on Fear and Privilege during Katrina‚ by Paul A. Harris. Paul Harris is currently the manager of a library information desk at the University of California‚ San Diego. In his book‚ Mr. Harris begins by recounting his first visit to New Orleans 28 years prior to Hurricane Katrina. He falls in love with the city even though he only spends a few days there. He later makes several more trips. On his fateful trip to trip to the city in August of 2005; he gets a whole lot more than he bargained
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Despite warnings of evacuation‚ Abdulrahman Zeitoun‚ a Syrian-American owner of a painting and contracting company in New Orleans‚ chose to stay when hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. During his canoe trip journey after Katrina‚ Zeitoun encountered many people who were trapped in their homes and in need of his help. Risking his life to save others‚ Zeitoun was falsely accused of stealing and dealing drugs because of his race. In Zeitoun‚ Dave Eggers portrays the view that America has towards Muslim
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