This quote, taken from Cormac McCarthy, highlights the narrative’s central concern: how Zeitoun, an innocent man, could be punished for a crime he didn’t commit in the present day and age, and in the name of justice. ‘[Zeitoun]’s not here. While being imprisoned at Camp Greyhound, this recurring fear tumbled through Zeitoun's head, “Zeitoun had long feared this day would come. Eggers shows the mind of an American Middle Eastern, or Muslim isn’t full of thoughts of destroying Americans. While the explosion of Islamophobia led to an alienation of the two women from the USA, it also sparked a connection between the two women that can be alluded to the first time Adam and Eve met in the bible. Zeitoun's 15 quotes study guide by sandra_623 includes 15 questions covering vocabulary, terms and more. Well known writer, Dave Eggers, in his nonfictional odyssey, Zeitoun, illustrates a muslim man’s struggle with Islamophobia during Hurricane Katrina. But now those hopes could be put to rest. “Zeitoun,’’ written by Dave Eggers, tells the story of Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a Syrian-American business owner who chose to ride out Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in order to watch over his home and business. A makeshift jail—Camp Greyhound—is quickly built and filled with supplies for the guards and employees, while a few miles away, the Superdome, which is packed with New Orleans residents, has nowhere near the same level of resources. These people throw out stereotypes and aim judgments wrongly at the Zeitoun family, Kimberley A. Turner But throughout this constant prejudice at Camp Greyhound, Zeitoun stays a devout Muslim. In fact, the entire legal and justice system seems to break down after Katrina, as Zeitoun is taken from prison to prison, refused a phone call, and held without bail and without being charged for a crime. She was certain they were hiding… The woman… had been feeling the same way, like an exile in her own country..”(Eggers 46). She pulled back, and his eyes were the same—green, long-lashed, touched with honey—but they were tired, defeated. -Graham S. Below you will find the important quotes in, “Would not have made it through AP Literature without the printable PDFs. He had long believed that the police acted in the best interests of the citizens they served. Show More. He canoed around helping those who needed it. Now he was in a small white room being asked by two soldiers, each of them in full camouflage and holding automatic rifles, to remove his clothes. His neck seemed so thin and fragile, his arms skeletal. In Duxbury, Donna Ryan and her family, especially her son David, were particularly moved by the severe loss of life and property caused by the hurricane. When Zeitoun and the others entered the main room of the station, immediately fifty pairs of eyes, those of soldiers and police officers and military personnel, were upon them.

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. "Todd offered them beers. One struggle he focuses on is Islamophobia and how it negatively affects Zeitoun and his family. “To a man with a sledge, everything resembles a nail” . Both Adam and Kathy were overjoyed to finally find someone with whom they had shared commonalities, even though they had never met before.