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Zeitoun by dave eggers.

# 1 pages 1-94 So far i have found out that the main character is Abdularahman Zeitoun and this story starts off telling a little about his background and family life. Zeitoun meets his wife, Kathy and they then start a family in New Orleans. They are very well known and even started their own business. The book is constantly relating back to his old life, which for him was not good at all as compared to his new life which is just great. A little later in the story it tells how the Zeitouns and their town hear about a hurricane (Katrina) that is suppose to hit their town. They think it is no big deal but little do they know.  The book hasn't really caught my full attention yet but i do like how it is doing a nice job of explaining everything out first and very informing. i also like how the story is making us side with eh Zeitoun to think nothing big is going to happen but then again make us kind of assume something will. * Hurricane Katrina  * preparing for a hurricane * category 2 hurricane *The National Hurricane Center *Qur'an

# 2 pages 95-180 In this section we find out how since the Zeitouns and everyones else's expectations were low about this hurricane when it hit is was tragic. Zeitouns family then left for safety but Abdulra﻿hman stayed behind to protect his town, house, and business. He then found himself having to live on top of his roof. Kathy had informed him about all the looters gong around and Zeitoun being the nice man he is was helping out all his neighbors he could. Also he tried rescuing some of the animals. Zeitoun finds out all the bad things happening via kathy.  Now the book is getting a little more interesting because it is telling about more interesting events and it is making me build more suspense in my head into how he will survive. It is nice that it is he showing he had a rough life in the past yet he is helping others out to survive. *suez canal *Claiborne <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">*Tulane University <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">*looters <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">*Animal shelters after Hurricane Katrina



<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"># 3 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">pages 180-299
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Randomly while Zeitoun was just trying to contact his wife someone had interrupted and when he went to see who it was it did not turn out so well. It ended up being armed authorities and they take him and his three friends away. They were mistaked to be part of the al queda, do then they were then treated really badly. All Zeiotun wanted to do was talk to his family and he starting to become depressed because he was not able to. Zeitoun didnt want to lose hope but he was comming to that point. While locked away in his prison a missionary walks by then Zeitoun and stops. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">i am really excited now to see what happens. Mostly because it talks about the missionary and when missionaries around most of the time that is a good sign or anything positive. The story is really starting to fall together and build more and more suspense. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">*mantra <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">*M.R.E <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">*qur'an <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">*kuwati oil <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">*Guantanmo bay



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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"># 4 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">pages 300-end

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Finally, while in the prison the MIssionary that is walked through to explain things about god to the inmates, stops to hear zeitouns story. Zeitoun is very depressed and just wants to talk to his wife. She thinks he is dead and it is just all bad. The missionary feels bad and hears him out and then promises him he will call his wife for him. Zeitoun is relieved but still kind of sad. He had to serve 23 devestating days in prison so he was not happy. After the missionary calls Kathy she is very happy and greatful and then calls around and tells people that he is alive and then asks for help to save him. Eventually he is saved and the Zeituons are reunited and buy a new house then start over. Im pretty sure they learned their lesson to never under estimate a hurricane. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">At first i didnt really enjoy this book and had no intrest in it at all. Later on i got into it and at the end i realized i actually learned something and really was interested after all. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I would recommened this book not only because it refers to real life events but also because you really get the passionate feel between the characters. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">*N.O.P.D <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">*national guardsmen <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">*federal emergency management system <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">*FEMA <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">*camp greyhound