In-class zeitoun

The book "zeitoun" by Dave Eggers talks about Zeitoun and his family, and how they were living before hurricane Katrina and after the hurricane. Eggers concentrates in both Zeitoun and Kathy at the same time, as their main characters, leading into a lot of explanations and many complexes about both Zeitoun's and Kathy's personalities. Although, Eggers concentrates mostly on both Zeitoun and Kathy, i will be talking about Zeitoun's persona. As Eggers talks more about Zeitoun explaining his experiences and complexes we can tell that Zeitoun is a bit lot of a stubborn man. As the hurricane Katrina was closing in to New Orleans Zeitoun didn't believe that Katrina would have really hit the city so he stayed home while his family were fleeing from the city. While Kathy was trapped in a terrific traffic, she decided to call Zeitoun and check what he was doing. Though, Zeitoun had the choice to either stay or leave, he decided to stay and prepare the house and his clients houses as well to be prepare for the storm. During the call Kathy said to Zeitoun to leave while he still had the chance but Zeitoun said instead "you should have stayed... is so nice here" (Zeitoun 57). This conversation enforces Zeitoun's stubborn personality. At the same time, it is enforcing Zeitoun's decision of not leaving his possessions behind. The consequences of staying were catastrophic, as the storm was passing by, leading Zeitoun to many troubles. On the other hand, the hurricane led Zeitoun to save the lives of a few people because the government was taking too long to act. The developments after the hurricane were like a nightmare to many people in the city, specially to those who didn't have the enough resources to leave town.

Zeitoun

What I’ve learned about Zeitoun so far is that Zeitoun is a stubborn man and that he really likes to act like a “smart guy” (Eggers 57). The decisions made by Zeitoun are the smartest ones (or so Zeitoun believes) and he really has this weird and complex personality, showing the stubbornness and the good men he is. Kathy had a really sad childhood but at the same time she had people who loved her and supported her, like Yuko and Yuko’s mother Kameko, they were like Kathy’s family (Eggers 59). As hurricane Katrina was approaching their way Kathy decided to get away from the city, while Zeitoun stayed home watching TV (Eggers 59).

to do list

for my revision i have to re-read my draft and firstly write the statement of my main idea developing into the back up info that i already have in my draft, which i have to also remake into something more specific, using the 4 Ws and 1 H into more detail than what i already have. the most challenging thing about this essay is the depths of the detailed info that i am currently talking about and the new info that i have to research about to make the details more understandable which will make the reader to understand what i am trying to say in my essay. what i want to do better at this writing is the development of ideas, research about the topic, specification of ideas, and to be able to present something that is easy to understand. my plan for finishing this essay will be to take in mind what my peers said to me and their comments, but mainly my real thoughts and not the thoughts of what i've read, meaning that i want to use those ideas to create new ones that will or can change the mind set of others, or something less complex, i could say to make my ideas a new basis for new ideas other people can have in the future.