The Strong and Brave Hero

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 were affected. Mayor Nagin ordered a first time ever mandatory evacuation. Kathy moved with the children to her sister’s house in Baton Rouge. Zeitoun refused to leave with his family because he didn’t want lose his properties, but at the same time, his customers trusted him and gave him their house keys to check on their houses, which caused his separation with his family. This illustrates that Zeitoun is a responsible, powerful, trustworthy, and unselfish person. During the hurricane, Zeitoun was using a canoe rescuing people. Due to the lack of rescue work, many people didn’t get enough supports at that time. Zeitoun had the courage to sacrifice his family, safety, and selfish needs for saving the people.

Zeitoun could courageously confront all the frustration and live under any conditions because he had experienced a lot. He was born in Jableh, fishing town on the coast of Syria. He began fishing when he was only thirteen years old. His father had passed away when he was twelve years old. He and his brother Ahmad grew up in a poor family. After Zeitoun moved to New Orleans and built his own business, he had finally improved his standard of living. Moreover, Kathy helped managing the company regularly. One day, Zeitoun and his worke...

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Zeitoun had put himself into a worst situation through the experience of staying in a hurricane. When his family needed him the most, he was rescuing people around the city. He brought water and food to the people as well as the animals. He sacrifice his selfish needs instead of saving these supplies for himself. No matter how his wife Kathy tried to convince him to evacuate, Zeitoun just wouldn’t leave the people behind since there were hundreds of thousands people that really needed assistance. He understood the situation and stepped himself up. Caring and sharing really meant a lot for the people at that moment. Through staying in the hurricane, Zeitoun had demonstrated how he cared about the people there. His actions and character traits should be considerable, appreciable, and respectful.