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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Steven Massie Mr. Bevier AP English Language AA/BB 1 September 2012 Corruption in New Orleans In Zeitoun written and published by Abdulrahman Zeitoun and Dave Eggers‚ the most powerful assertion made is that the government was corrupt during the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. This allegation is unfortunately accurate. Many citizens were left stranded in their homes‚ while the government gave orders to arrest innocent men and women who were still in the city of New Orleans‚ which also lead
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Zeitoun and the Ego Ideal Zeitoun is a strong role model to his community‚ clients‚ and family. This ego ideal was built up as he grew up in a large family and worked to support them by fishing for sardines. His ego ideal of being a role model is shown with his determination‚ hard work‚ and family devotion. This is how Zeitoun views himself‚ and how he wants others to view him. Kathy‚ Zeitoun’s wife‚ explains his strong ego ideal perfectly‚ as his ego ideal is broken down to many admirable
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I am a student that is in AP language and composition and am writing this regarding the teaching of Zeitoun at Mills. As you might know that Zeitoun is a non-fiction novel by Dave Eggers about a heroic character named Zeitoun‚ that has been through some hardships such as Hurricane Katrina and a life surrounded by Islamophobes. Zeitoun is a heart touching book that talks about human rights‚ and it also teaches students to sympathize for the people that needs help‚ which in my honest opinion is a life
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The book‚ Zeitoun‚ by Dave Eggers‚ correlates a strong connection to me‚ because of the struggles and experiences Zeitoun faces after the destruction of hurricane Katrina. This book‚ dives into many different aspects of culture‚ race‚ religion‚ and the average citizen‚ but what makes this book so intriguing‚ is how people were treated because of those things. It gets us thinking‚ that America isn’t this perfect society that we think of it to be. And we have so much more things to improve. I personally
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Cortnie Schierman Fijacko English 111 5 October 2012 Rough Draft: Rhetorical Analysis Essay David Eggers‚ in Zeitoun‚ shows a story of a Muslim American family living through many challenges. After 9/11 Muslim families‚ like the Zeitouns‚ face many problems living in America. Eggers wants to inform other Americans on the situation of Muslim living in the United States‚ present day. People who are uneducated about the Muslim religion need to be informed on how similar lives are of other people all
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Christian‚ do they mention his religion?”(Eggers 37). Dave Egger states in his novel Zeitoun. Zeitoun is a nonfiction book written by Dave Eggers about the main character named Abdulrahman Zeitoun and his Muslim family that lives in New Orleans. During this time‚ Hurricane Katrina is about to run its course through New Orleans. Zeitoun decides to ride the hurricane out and tell his family to leave without him. Throughout the rest of the book‚ the Zeitouns will face many struggles that they may or
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Robert Johnson X152 The Role of Government in Zeitoun In my eyes the government should put the people first 100% of the time. If leaders don’t make decisions based on what the people want‚ it leads to an unbalance and a disconnect between the people and government. That’s why so many people today distrust the government because they feels as if the government doesn’t represent them‚ like their voice isn’t heard. People in power should be the first ones to help in
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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
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