I am currently an AP Composition and Language student at Mills High School. After reading the novel Zeitoun and the numerous articles on his allegations, I have gathered sufficient information to take an appropriate position on the issue regarding whether students at Mills High School should continue to read Zeitoun. Despite the numerous charges against Abdulrahman Zeitoun of domestic violence, author Dave Eggers’ purpose still remains effective and dissimilar to Zeitoun’s accused actions. Discrimination against Muslim-Americans and Islamophobia is prominently portrayed in Eggers novel, Zeitoun, as a way to depict the many injustices that occurred during Hurricane Katrina. As the novel progresses, the reader follows the Zeitoun’s through their
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The story of Zeitoun in the novel, Zeitoun, is a specific case of prejudices during a specific occasion of Katrina. However, there are many other instances of discrimination against not just Muslim-Americans after Katrina, but against all religious or racial groups during any major event. When Zeitoun was wrongly accused of terrorist activities in the book, he was imprisoned along with three other men; Nasser Dayoob, Ronnie, and Todd Gambino on September 6 of 2005. Eggers could have just as easily used Zeitoun’s Muslim-American friend, Nasser Dayoob, who was also detained at Camp Greyhound for alleged terrorist activity, as a way to effectively prove his purpose of the discrimination against minority groups. Eggers choice of using Zeitoun’s experiences in his novel was merely a strategy to provide a microscopic example of a macroscopic issue weaved within our society. The racial bias that Zeitoun endured intends to mirror the prejudices that other Muslims or minorities face in America. Eggers’ point of the story is disconnected to the violent actions by the main character, Zeitoun, that occurred outside of the novel’s point of …show more content…
Despite the allegations against Abdulrahman Zeitoun after the book was published, Zeitoun incorporates key ideas of the discrimination Muslims faced during Katrina to achieve the author’s purpose as well as give a specific example to a larger issue; injustices against all minorities. Being a student who has read Zeitoun, I feel as though this piece of writing has a positive effect upon the Mills High School student body and should continue to be a part of the summer reading
The story of Zeitoun in the novel, Zeitoun, is a specific case of prejudices during a specific occasion of Katrina. However, there are many other instances of discrimination against not just Muslim-Americans after Katrina, but against all religious or racial groups during any major event. When Zeitoun was wrongly accused of terrorist activities in the book, he was imprisoned along with three other men; Nasser Dayoob, Ronnie, and Todd Gambino on September 6 of 2005. Eggers could have just as easily used Zeitoun’s Muslim-American friend, Nasser Dayoob, who was also detained at Camp Greyhound for alleged terrorist activity, as a way to effectively prove his purpose of the discrimination against minority groups. Eggers choice of using Zeitoun’s experiences in his novel was merely a strategy to provide a microscopic example of a macroscopic issue weaved within our society. The racial bias that Zeitoun endured intends to mirror the prejudices that other Muslims or minorities face in America. Eggers’ point of the story is disconnected to the violent actions by the main character, Zeitoun, that occurred outside of the novel’s point of …show more content…
Despite the allegations against Abdulrahman Zeitoun after the book was published, Zeitoun incorporates key ideas of the discrimination Muslims faced during Katrina to achieve the author’s purpose as well as give a specific example to a larger issue; injustices against all minorities. Being a student who has read Zeitoun, I feel as though this piece of writing has a positive effect upon the Mills High School student body and should continue to be a part of the summer reading