Zeitoun

The book Zeiton and the film ‘trouble the water’ present the sufferances of people when hurrican struck. Zeiton presents the Islamic people and their life style in the New Orleans period during this period. Conversely, ‘trouble the water’, highlights the life of the black and their love for their music culture. The movies present the divergent cultures of the two ethnic groups. As such, this paper seeks to show the differences and similarities of the book and the movie.

Similarities

Hope

In spite of facing the mild prejudiced after the 9/11, Zeitoun builds a life that is financially as well as socially praised. As the hurricane Katrina’s report are field in the region, Kathy does not shift her notion by the incidence that a family had lost in the sea, where she convinces her family to evacuate the region. As such, as the rains starts Zeitoun is capable keep on top of the minimal damage by the hurricane. Nonetheless, as Katrina increases to a hurricane he has no worry.

Zeitoun has an attraction to his home as it acts as a sense of hope for him and his family. When his wife is unaware of his incarceration, she starts to think of alternatives for her daughter. As such, he suggests that home is a place to which an individual has a personal connection.

In the film, the people resettle back into the old neighborhood for purposes that serve to maintain their culture as they highly appreciate their culture. As such, they settle back into the neighborhood despite the heavy losses. On the other hand, in Zeitoun, people do not have a culture that they trace their origin. As such, they do not move back as they struggle with their survival in New Orleans.

Power

The author asserts that the chief cost of any disaster regardless of its nature is the way it robs of individuals off their dignity. As such, both victims and those who abused power lose their sense of dignity. After the hurricane, Zeitoun sees that although the old woman that he rescues will survive the storm, she loses her dignity. When Zeitoun faces imprisonment, he objects the procedures that dehumanize him as well as efface his dignity such as the strip searches. Veiling refers to the diverse types of modest forms of dress and head covering worn by Muslim women (Esposito 2004). As such, Kathy appreciates Islam as she believes it is the principle of purity as well as chastity. She regards the worst prejudice incidence are the ones that strip of her dignity, for instance in the case that a teenager attempts to pull of her hijab, or her sister does not want to shelter Adnan and Abeer since they are Muslims. Although the term hijab used in allusion to one of the several ways a scarf or cloth can be used to cover up the hair as a standard of dress which represent privacy, modesty, and decency” (Stombler, 1997).

On the other hand, the political critique as well as the religious resonance in the film, trouble the water combines. As such, it is not only marked by the didactic tone but rather the juxtaposition of images as well as narratives. As such, it forms the provision of testimonial power of remediation and remixing. This happens in the suturing of Kim Robert’s images as well as the footage Deal, to the musical riffling that translates traditional spiritual. Additionally, it presents the political storm threatening the political accountability to the New Orleans people.

Compassion

After the hurricane had struck, Zeitoun demonstrates compassion for the animals; thus he takes his time to feed them as well as give them water. Consequently, upon incarceration, he judges against Camp Greyhound to a kennel. He feels that he has lost his humanity as well his dignity at the guard’s hands. As such, the story can be seen as having a remedial effect: the author takes tremendous pain to humanize Zeitoun, whereas he attempts to emphasize the cruel as well as animalistic nature of the prison guards that are tormenting him. However, the hurricane comes as a massive blow as it becomes one of the most catastrophic storms to hit the US. The aftermath of the hurricane is extensive as it destroys his home as well as his town. He sees that his entire neighborhood is less than nine feet of water. Zeitoun realizes that the levees surrounding the city face destruction. As a result, he decides to travel across the neighborhood in an old canoe, assisting the elderly trapped in their flooded homers. He does this with the aid of other civilians as he finds the police as well as the national guards incapable of helping them.

Differences

Music culture

On the other hand, the films, ‘trouble the water’ when Robert fears that the residents of the region that fashioned the heart and soul of the musical culture in New Orleans will face replacement. This will be the cartoonish Broadway musical performance that produces the jazz that the majority of the American interest. As such, the troublesome neighbors that fashioned the new black artist that made rap and hip hop replaced over time. In comparison to Zeitoun who fears the loss of the people of New Orleans, Robert fears the displacement of musical culture fashioned over time. As such, the message from the film suggests that Roberts and others like her survive the storm. As such, they are back in the old neighborhood, as such, they will not eliminate their homes as well as their culture.

In the film, the people resettle back into the old neighborhood for purposes that serve to maintain their culture as they highly appreciate their culture. As such, they settle back into the neighborhood despite the heavy losses. On the other hand, in Zeitoun, people do not have a culture that they trace their origin. As such, they do not move back as they struggle with their survival in New Orleans.

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