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.