The second part of the book starts out with Zeitoun opening his eyes in daughters room. He looks outside and sees a sea of water comming from the north. He realizes the levees broke and the water was rushing in. Back at baton rouge things are tense. Kathy leaves with her family to try to ease the tension in the house. She plans to just drive all day and go to the mall to pass time. Zeitoun takes as much as the stuff he can and moves it to a higher level in his house. He takes as much as he can of this personal prized possessions up. By nightfall the neighborhood was under nine feet of water. Zeitoun looks through pictures of his past of his brother and how he used to be a really good swimmer. He was little when his brother died in a car crash in Egypt. Zeitoun finds it really hot sleeping in the house so he takes a tent to the roof and sleeps in that for the night. He heard dogs who had been left by people. The next day he gets in his canoe and rows around the neighborhood becasue he doesnt know what else to do. He laters helps a lady who is overweight and get her out of her house.
My response to this that Zeitouns idea to stay was a good idea cause he is taking care of his house and helping other people. Kathy is stressing out at the house in Bat0n Rouge she doesnt know what to do her family is driving her crazy. Also a intimate moment is when Zeitoun looks at the pictures of his brother. He talks about his brother for a good 3 or 4 pages. How his brother was an allstar swimmer and such. It is one of the moments where you feel sympthatic for Zeitoun and he has one of his softer moments. This book is good so far, it was kind of boring in the begining but now since the hurricane started it has gotten good because things are starting to pick up. Zeitoun is a caring person and wants to help as much as he can. I hope he is safe through out the rest of the book
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