Zeitoun Character Analysis

Rachel Aouli Kalama Utagawa was six when the book Moloka’i by Alan Brennert began. She wanted to travel the world like her father did. Every time he went to a new place he brought Rachel a cultural doll. The most recent addition to her collection was a Russian nesting doll. Like her newest doll, Rachel was still showing her outermost shell. She was an innocent girl who saw the good in the entire world around her. As she explored and discovered the layers of herself, the world around her unfolded. This sweet doll had layers of innocence, sorrow, hate, joy, and fulfillment.

What is a hunter to do when no animal in the world can challenge his steel? Is he to just wait and die? The Most Dangerous Game, by Richard Connel, solves this issue. On a small Caribbean island waits General Zaroff, a legendary and respected hunter. Off the coast, another hunter is stranded, but finds his way to Zaroff’s Chateau. This is wherer the conflict begins. Zaroff asks the hunter (Rainsford) if he wants to participate in a much more dangerous hunt: of each other. These two men have many interesting similarities and differences.

There are many people who, after they have endured the trauma of a hurricane, refuse to return to their old houses, or even the area in general. People have different experiences with these traumatic disasters and all deal with them differently. If there is one thing for certain, it’s that they all deal with some sort of loss. Hurricanes are a gigantic setback financially. According to AcuWeather, after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the average cost of damages jumped from $1.8 billion to $9 billion. Hurricane Katrina’s damages cost $145 billion and therefore increased the average cost of damages of a hurricane (www.acuweather.com).

The touching novel The Shiralee, authored by D’Arcy Niland, is the story of a rural worker named Macauley, who travels all over Australia by foot and is known as a swaggie. Following difficult circumstances, he unexpectedly finds himself having to raise his child named Buster whilst being a swaggie, which is no life for a child. As Buster becomes a more prominent character, she drives the plot to be more adventurous and heart warming. She follows her father around the outback without complaint and is quite courageous when protecting whom or what she loves. She is a very significant character as she changes Macauley’s perception on life and provides him with a love he has never received. Even though Macauley treats Buster harshly at certain points in the novel, she is resilient and remains loyal to him, which shows her strength and makes people admire her. She is necessary for the novels success because she adds a lot of drama and obstacles to overcome, which urges the reader want to continue on with the story.

Everyone is a product of past experiences, Vahan Kenderian is no different. Vahan was a  twelve-year-old child from a wealthy Armenian family living in Bitlis, Turkey during the Armenian genocide in the early 1900’s. Within a two day span, Vahan’s life begins to fall apart, his father is taken away from him, two of his brothers are killed in front of him, his grandmother is also killed, and his sister kills herself. Vahan and his older brother fortunately escape, but are forced to abandon their mother and sister. Vahan then begins his journey to flee to Constantipole. During his journey, he encounters many people along the way who teach him life lessons. Firstly, his father Sarkis Kenderian gives strength and guidance to Vahan. Secondly, Ara Sarkisian the coppersmith teaches Vahan that home is not made of materialistic things, it is a feeling and time takes away everything. Lastly, Selim Bey advises Vahan to worry about himself, and to pick and choose his friends carefully. Therefore, Sarkis, Ara and Selim teach Vahan the most through their interactions and change his character for the better.

One of my character in my book is Korinna is a thirteen old girl. she is a cheerful, life-loving, stubborn to honor her beloved Fatherland (a nickname for Germany). Germany she is an active member of the local Jungmadel, a Nazi youth group. Korianna is being taught to hate Jews, hate anyone that was "different", and to turn in information on anyone who was behaving as if they were not a "loyal" German. She believes that Hitler is helping the world by dealing with what he calls the "Jewish problem." When Korinna discovers that her parents are secretly hiding Jews in their house and helping them to escape the city, she is shocked. And her loyalties are put to an extreme test when a neighbor tips off the Gestapo. Korinna blames her parents for

In the novel, Zeitoun by Dave Eggers, the main character, Abdulrahman Zeitoun, is an immigrant of Syria who stays in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and is arrested due to the suspicion of looting, but really is arrested because of his race and how he looks. Zeitoun’s faith and loyalty to his community and home is tested through the many obstacles of Hurricane Katrina and including his religion, racism, and his very own dignity. The author, Dave Eggers who is also the speaker in novel, proves all examples of Zeitoun’s challenges credibly in the text.

When the Hurricane was coming his family left for a safer area, but Zeitoun wanted to stay with his house because he worked hard to get where he was. Zeitoun wanted to try to protect his house in anyway possible. After all the damage was done and New Orleans was submerged in water and nearly completely destroyed, Abdulrahman Zeitoun was asked by his wife to leave the area and go to a safer place. But Zeitoun being the person he is, decided to stay and to help out anyway possible. He canoed around helping those who needed it.

Zeitoun’s stubbornness blinds him from the true power of the storm for he constantly dismisses reports on how strong Hurricane Katrina is. A couple of days before the hurricane his wife decides it is time to leave. She tells him of her plans and he immediately turns her down. As his wife continues to bring up the idea of evacuating he reminds himself of past hurricane threats, “there seemed to be a half-dozen storms every August, and they were rarely worth the trouble. This

First we need to know the meaning of the phrase authentic human response, which means to show a real humane reaction of someone showing their actions are out of generosity. In Zeitoun’s case he was passing by some houses in his canoe and seen people stranded in their own house because of the flood, and out of the kindness of his heart he asked if they wanted to leave to go someplace safe. “when they got closer, they saw a couple, a husband and wife in their 70s, leaning out the window. ‘You surrender?’ Frank asked the man smiled ‘You want to get out?’ Zeitoun asked. ‘Yes, we do’ the man said.” pg 98 Anybody in Zeitoun position could've seen the couple and just kept on paddling, but in Zeitoun’s heart he was generous enough to ask if they needed a lift. Zeitoun was always helping people whether that was giving them a ride in his canoe or giving them food and water when they needed it. “ ‘You stayed too,’ Zeitoun said.’ I guess I did.’ ‘ Do you need anything? Water?’ Charlie didn't but said he might soon. Zeitoun promise to check in with them again and paddled off, curious about how many people had remained in the city. If Frank stayed, and Todd and Charlie had weathered the storm, surely there were tens of thousand more. He was not alone in his defiance.”pg 125 Zeitoun had been in the city for over a week and his kitchen got flooded he hardly has any food and water left , and yet to ask if others need food and water that he's willing to give up shows you how Zeitoun had an authentic human response to Hurricane Katrina victims. Zeitoun really showed that he cared, being a victim himself, for victims of a hurricane who needed

“Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.” ~ Barry Bonds. In this world bad situations occur frequently and it takes a good strong person to handle them in a mature way. Dealing with them this way not only shows that the person has self-control, but also makes them a good role model for people to look up to. In the book The Chosen, Chaim Potok uses Mr. Galanter to express his opinions of a good role model. Acting as a baseball coach and gym teacher, young boys look to him for guidance and motivation every day. Having this kind of position causes stress at times, and requires him to stay calm and level headed. Throughout this book, Mr. Galanter

At the time, the direness of a situation could make a person do anything to survive, and he/she might only see the full scope afterwards. This can be seen in Officer Gonzales’ and Lima’s confessions. They both said that New Orleans was like a third-world country or a place of anarchy. This made both of them uneasy, Lima saying “My state of mind was rattled.” Under the threat of gangs, Lima and Gonzales arrested Zeitoun and his three friends but only later did they realize that Zeitoun et al were innocent; Gonzales eventually expressed his regret. Zeitoun also fought for life by enduring prison treatment with his deteriorating physical condition. He also felt guilty that he could not comfort his worrying wife and children because of his choice to stay in New Orleans that wound him up in

General Zaroff definitely has a charm for manipulating people to stay with him, on his island. For example, when Rainsford first arrived on the island the general was very welcoming to him as he said, “It is a very great pleasure and honor to welcome Mr. Sanger Rainsford, the celebrated hunter to my home.” Meaning he already knew of Rainsford and his hunting skills. He made sure Rainsford had only the finest items, and everything he wanted. On page 60 Zaroff says “Now you want clothes, food, rest. You shall have them.” If Rainsford needed anything Zaroff was right there to give it to him, and make sure he felt right at home. Every night they had a nice dinner and expensive wine, and Zaroff always made conversation about Rainsford, so he could

Hurricane Katrina struck the Goal Coast in August 2005. Approximately 1.5 million adults evacuated from their homes. The hurricane caused an excess of $96 billion of property damage and more than 1,800 deaths (Groen and Polivka, 2010). The immensity of the forced migration and damage to the region merits studying Hurricane Katrina’s effects on evacuees. We focus our analysis on the return migration decision, as this decision is essential in understanding the well-being of evacuees as well as changes in the social and economic structure of the areas struck by the hurricane. We do not attempt an exhaustive analysis, but we single out and discuss those factors, which through investigation of the literature, were major determinants of return

"Who are you?"(Eggers 206) were the first words that Abdulrahman Zeitoun heard from the police officers that had surrounded him and his friends with their guns drawn as he walked out of 5010 Claiborne that he owned. He had been stopping by the house to use the telephone once a day to call his wife Kathy, who was in Arizona with their four children to escape Hurricane Katrina, a catagory 5 hurricane that had hit New Orleans, the city they lived in. Abdulrahman Zeitoun had stayed home to protect his many properties that he and his family had required in the sixteen years since he had moved to the city. He was a general contractor and owner of Zeitoun Painting Contractors, LLC. He also owned several rental houses around the city and had