Zeitoun

Zeitoun

Introduction

Zeitoun is a true and the gripping story of courage and humanity of a man confronted with the unleashed forces of nature and the injustice of a violent society. The story focuses on Hurricane Katrina in the summer of 2005 and its consequences. This was not the first time a hurricane was about to befall the city, but this time it seemed more dangerous than the previous ones. The purpose of this paper is to identify Eggers's suggested needs to be revised about the way the hurricane was handled. Dave Eggers gives us to live in this story of Hurricane Katrina from the inside and almost hour by hour. There was inefficiency and failure of backup in place, the fate of victims left to fend for themselves, then the army crackdown that fallen disproportionately on the survivors suspected of looting or terrorism (that is to say Arabs and blacks). But it was also a way for him to denounce the injustices which we can fall victim to the land of Liberty.

Discussion

Eggers Zeitoun redeems a script as pretentious and indulgent as the best place in the world, it is his best book from the sublime A Heartbreaking Staggering Genius. Eggers focused on the story of Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a Syrian immigrant and his wife, Kathy. When about to hit the hurricane, Kathy decides to evacuate New Orleans with their four children, Zeitoun, stubborn as always, decides to stay (Dave, 2009). Eggers moves with ease from the domestic world and eager to Kathy, Zeitoun epic confrontation with Katrina. When the hurricane passes, Zeitoun, who has taken refuge on the second floor of their flooded house, remember that you have a canoe in the garage and leave it to tour the "new world". Thanks to the canoe, Zeitoun, a very religious Muslim who has always felt destined for great things, can help their neighbors. There are moments of great poetry: when the canoe hits Zeitoun antennas submerged cars in the neighborhood, or when in a park with three horses came out of nowhere. Then there is the incessant howling of the dogs left behind by their owners. Those howls condense the emotional impact of the hurricane. The last part of the book is Kafkaesque: Zeitoun, mistaken for a thief, is arrested by the police.

In a city with a waste management system, Zeitoun spend a month in a makeshift jail in the ...