Essay On Zeitoun

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The book Zeitoun was an interesting piece of literature, to say the least. With the foreshadowing of what happens in the future to Zeitoun, made the book for a lot of people in the class as almost a joke, but I think that it enhanced the book for me. It almost made the credibility of Zeitoun seem more real because these events did contribute to the factors later in his life. I would say I enjoyed the book because of how it showed a journey that you usually do not see with the protagonist of a story. In Zeitoun, you saw him turn from a strong-willed man to the opposite, which I think added to the piece that in the beginning seemed to be another lackluster story. The message the book presented was a unique turn of events, and the story of Katrina was more of a side note in the story, and mostly the anecdote was about Zeitoun and Kathy. …show more content…
The book overall worked for me because even though you know Zeitoun lived it was a suspenseful story that had moments that went into turmoil and despair that not a lot of stories cover like this one. I would say that this piece by Dave Eggers was a good one, but at times it did get very repetitive, and I understand it was to add to the situation, but there is a line that he crossed with trying to constantly pound the same message into the reader’s head. I understand that Kathy is having a hard time with the situation, but dedicating sections to that idea over and over makes it become less suspenseful, which is what Eggers wanted, and it makes the book more boring in a sense. Otherwise, I would say the book was written well with an audience that should be more people because this tackles some important issues at the time and even today with the issues of racism and
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