Zeitoun Quote Sandwhich

     Faith is such a powerful thing we all have faith in something even if we don't realize it. In the book Zeitoun by Dave Eggers, talks about a man from Syria named Zeitoun who stays in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina while his wife and kids went to stay with a relative. Faith plays a big role in Zeitoun, you can see acts of faith through out the book. Zeitoun puts a lot of faith into God, after the Hurricane on the block where his office was there was a fire that just missed his office. Eggers writes "He thanked God for this small mercy"(Zeitoun 152).  When Zeitoun thanked god for not letting his office burn down it shows that he has faith that God will protect him. Another time you can see acts of faith in the book is when Zeitoun feeds the dogs everyday. Many of the people that evacuated for Hurricane Katrina left there dogs behind. The dogs knew they where trapped in there homes and would soon die. When Zeitoun realized which homes the dogs where in he decided to bring them food and water everyday. Eggers writes "He was amused by how grateful, how surprised they were every day. Have a little faith he said" (Zeitoun 146). The dogs put there faith in Zeitoun that he would care for them and save them. We don't realize how much faith we have in something until all we have is faith. Zeitoun has faith in god and the dogs have faith in him.