From reading the book Zeitoun, i was able to create a keyword from the text and my keyword was islamophobia. Islamophobia is a fear or hatred against Muslims or Islamic people. The fear is stronger especially when in a political force. Islamophobia plays a very important role in the book Zeitoun because there is a lot of hatred towards all Islamic people and discrimination towards their kind. Others who aren't Islamic/Muslim treat those who are as if they don't belong. Zeitoun was an Islamic/Muslim man who was trying to save the people that didn't evacuate New Orleans when the hurricane had hit. As the days go by Zeitoun was able to rescue those who needed it much faster than the military was able to. Zeitoun was living in a house with all the survivors when suddenly a knock on the door was heard and come to there surprise, military men were standing in the front door forcing all the men that were residing in the household to go into the boat. Zeitoun was calm, cool and collected. All he asked was for one moment to go back into the house to get a piece of paper that had a number on it. "He moved toward the house, smiling politely. It was everything, that number. The piece of paper was fifteen feet away. NO! the soldier yelled. He grabbed the back of Zeitoun's shirt, turned him around, and shoved him onto the boat" (206)
I feel as if the military treated them so carelessly due to the fact that they realized Zeitoun did a better job than they did and as people who are suppose to serve and protect the people they did the complete opposite. The people who found Zeitoun would be considered islamophobes because their title was being put down and their title was at stake because an Islamic man who is not considered to be part of any kind of military alliance was acting as a way that they would have been and they would find it embarrassing to say that an Islamic man was able to save all these people just in time.
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