"Zeitoun struggled to sleep that night. There was a man in the world who knew he was alive. He had found his messenger." (Eggers, 267)
Zeitouns determination and character throughout the entire story was astounding. The fact that he was determined to stay in New Orleans, despite the fact that his wife said that he should leave shows that he can be pretty stubborn, but he felt that it is what he needed to do. When he was helping the elderly people escape as well as feed the dogs, this just shows how much his town and the people who live in it mean to him. Because he was a carpenter and painter he is well known and respected by the community, so maybe he stayed because there was a lot of pressure placed on him by those in his town to make sure that nothing bad happened to their houses. He was there to watch after their property. The last half of the book really made me upset. The fact that those military personnel could be so rude and inconsiderate really disturbed me. It is hard to imagine that this kind of treatment to a man wrongly accused, could happen in this day in age. Zeitoun began to wither away and was continuously being given none straightforward answers as to why he is in jail. Zeitoun continued to hope and pray that he somehow finds a way to get out and be reunited with his family. From this quote it is very evident that he is ready to leave and despite all that he went through he never gave up.
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