name is Eric Meyer, and during the summer I, along with the rest of the AP Junior English class, read the nonfiction work Zeitoun by Dave Eggers. I enjoyed the book immensely, with Eggers’ portrayal of the protagonist Zeitoun as a kind and virtuous citizen invoking powerful feelings in me at the injustices he later faced in the novel. Eggers made me care about and like Zeitoun, helping convey to me the intended themes of the novel: the unfairness of the prejudices Muslims face in America and the malfunctions
Kim Griffith HIS 1400 Zeitoun Zeitoun by Dave Eggers tells the story of a Muslim-American man named Abdulrahman Zeitoun and his family who were caught in the chaos that followed Hurricane Katrina when it struck New Orleans in 2005. Katrina destroyed the entire city of New Orleans and took many lives along with it. However, the hurricane ultimately displayed the flaws in American policies. Dave Eggers book, Zeitoun, captures the failure of the government to handle the disaster effectively along
Scott Zesch graduated from Harvard Law School, and Texas A&M University. Mr. Zesch is a winner of the Western History Associations Ray Allen Billington Award, as well as of the Biennical TCU Texas Book award for the best book published in 2003 or 2004. Scott Zesch has also written other books other than "The Captured" including " The Chinatown War" and " Alamo Heights". Mr. Zesch wrote "The Captured" because when Zesch found out that he had a great uncle named Adolph Korn who had been abducted by
book “Zeitoun” which was a powerful narrative nonfiction account about the Zeitoun family. The Zeitoun’s were a lovable family and the book makes readers develop a special connection to the family.
but narratives can provide a much more personal and compelling account. Zeitoun by Dave Eggers present a frightening (yet real) story of dramatic injustice against a Muslim Syrian American during Hurricane Katrina. Zeitoun, the main character, is profiled, embarrassed, and jailed unjustly. In the text, we see that islamophobia manifests itself in the form of violence and discrimination. Kathy, Zeitoun’s wife, even says in Zeitoun that “any trip to the grocery store or mall presented the
reading assignment, incoming juniors were required to read the famed novel, Zeitoun, written by Dave Eggers. Zeitoun is a non-fictional story about a Muslim-American named Abdulrahman Zeitoun who resides in New Orleans during the events of Hurricane Katrina. Throughout the story, the audience learns to sympathize, while also builds up an instantaneous affection towards Zeitoun. Although, initially I had sympathized for Zeitoun before, the profuse amount of controversy surrounding the truth makes me
Zeitoun Essay Hurricane Katrina, the third strongest hurricane to touch the United States, caused the displacement of thousands and wreaked havoc in New Orleans. In the nonfiction memoir Zeitoun, Dave Eggers reveals the story of a muslim couple that struggled through the aftermath of hurricane Katrina in 2005. The book comes four years after the disaster and reflects on how one of the main character’s stubbornness to leave led to many issues. The book is geared towards muslim americans and people
After reading Zeitoun, my response to social justice is that it does not exist in this universe. If we are looking at social justice in the big picture, it is a great thing to talk about social justice as if there was some imaginary balancing point at which such equality could be reached. However, in reality social justice does exist. It just being understood to those who it matters the most. For those whose lives are privileged, they would not want to know because they only hope for their own success
While reading Zeitoun, the answer to my pre-reading question hasn’t affected my response. I still believe that America is filled with prejudice, economic struggles, violations of freedom, and injustice. The Zeitoun family has to deal with so many prejudice remarks even though they live in America which is true in our society. It doesn’t matter if your American, its how you look and where you come from. For example, Zeitoun and his family are Muslims living in Louisiana. In the text, it is mentioned
Family and Support Abdulrahman Zeitoun age 47, an immigrant from Syria in 2005 had lived and worked in the United States for seventeen years, the last eleven in New Orleans. Through hard work and an inner drive to become successful, Zeitoun built a business “Zeitoun A. Painting Contractor LLC”. Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun age 34,and their three daughters, Nademah age 10, Safiyah age 7, and Aisha age 5, plus Kathy’s son Zachary age 15, from a previous marriage, lived together in their two story
Dave Eggers’ novel Zeitoun is labeled as a work of non-fiction. It tells the story of a Syrian-American man named Abdulrahman Zeitoun, also known as Zeitoun, who chose to stay in New Orleans to ride out one of the worst natural disasters in American history, Hurricane Katrina. Zeitoun, a family man and devoted to his business stayed in the city as the hurricane approached to protect not only his home and business, but also his neighbors’ and friends’ properties. After the storm he traveled the flooded
Winston, is a citizen in a society in which individual thought is shunned but somehow a sliver of independency remains in Winston. Dave Eggers’ Zeitoun displays the title character’s determination to keep the morals and goals he possesses that are held close; Eggers, and the past, puts multiple obstacles in the path of Zeitoun to reevaluate his virtues. Since Zeitoun is mostly fact and 1984 fiction, it is easy to separate the works into different categories
Abdulrahnam Zeitoun and his family’s experience with Hurricane Katrina is summarized and documented in the novel Zeitoun, by Dave Eggers. Throughout the events of the novel, the reader learns its purpose is to inform the audience of the shocking tragedy and burden the storm placed on the Zeitoun family. Rhetorical appeals, the Muslim religion, media, the government’s involvement in the city, and the audience the book was trying to reach all play important roles in the story of the storm that devastated
Frederick W. Robertson. Zeitoun by Dave Eggers, emphasizes the crisis during and after Hurricane Katrina, the sixth strongest hurricane in American history. The story narrates the experience of the Zeitoun and his family, the plot describes the family’s feelings, perspective and problems they had to face during and after the natural disaster. Islamophobia and the importance of home is affected through the events and situations that the two main character, Kathy and Zeitoun, had to live with during
exist forcefully. Muslim people are still profoundly victimized and discriminated against by the means of assumption and negative mental sets. In the novel Zeitoun, author Dave Eggers takes time to assess the spitefulness encountered by Kathy and Abdulrahman Zeitoun, along with narrating the family’s endeavors with hurricane Katrina. Zeitoun presents racial differences in America, primarily in New Orleans, by discussing how they are created and the ways in which they exist today. Hurricane Katrina
After reading Zeitoun, my response to social justice is that it does not exist in certain extant. If we are looking at social justice in the big picture, it is a great thing to talk about social justice as if there was some imaginary balancing point at which such equality could be reached. However, in reality social justice does exist. It just being understood to those who it matters the most. For those whose lives are privileged, they would not want to know because they only hope for their own success
Zeitoun: Never Losing Faith in the American Dream In Dave Eggers’ novel, Zeitoun, an immigrant from Syria faces the struggles of Islamophobia and has to overcome the negative connotations that come with being an immigrant that practices a faith that people do not fully understand. Abdulrahman Zeitoun, born in Jableh, Syria, was a Muslim-American who spent the majority of his life trying to achieve the American dream. The American dream is different for everyone, and even more unconventional for
will not repeat itself. Works Cited "Background on Hurricane Katrina." Do Something. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Nov. 2013. Edelstein, David. "'Trouble The Water' Captures Katrina On Camcorder." NPR. NPR, 29 Aug. 2008. Web. 30 Nov. 2013. Eggers, Dave. Zeitoun. San Francisco: McSweeney's, 2009. Print. Rudawsky, Gil. "Five Years After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Tourism Rebounds." DailyFinance.com. AOL Inc, 27 Aug. 2010. Web. 29 Nov. 2013. Trouble the Water. Dir. Tia Lessin and Carl Deal. Prod. Tia Lessin
A brave hero often risks his/her lives to save someone else. In Zeitoun, Dave Eggers tells us a story of Abdulrahman Zeitoun, the hard working Syrian American owner of a contracting company in New Orleans. Zeitoun and his wife Kathy ran the company together. They have three children named Nademah, Safiyah, Aisha. Kathy has a child from her first marriage. Zeitoun is very closed with his family and he takes his family like nobody else. When hurricane Katrina landed in 2005, endless number of people
that continued a half decade later” (The New York Times). In his book “Zeitoun” Dave Eggers, a national bestseller and well respected poet, analyzes the dramatic dialogue and action of the Zeitoun family during the crisis of Hurricane Katrina. For long time New Orleans resident Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun were dragged into an unexpected struggle with forces far beyond wind and water. We Learnt from Eggers novel, that Zeitoun and others are forced to get in a boat, then taken into custody and are