Zeitoun

Talking about Kathy and Zetioun's personalities, both of them had a unique characteristic.
As we know Zeitoun was born in Syria and had worked as a sailor for many years before he came to live  at New Orleans and Kathy who was a converted Muslim because of her Muslim friends at her community.Kathy was improving from her failed marriage and she was unsure in getting married again but, she decided to marry zeitoun because she thought her kids needed a father figure. Zeitoun was a successful and a hardworking business man and he owned a painting contract business at New Orleans. Kathy was very helpful in his business, she took note of his "busy schedules" and kept constantly reminding him about his work areas. Zeitoun was financially and socially a successful person in his career and he earned a "good name" from his clients.  I feel that both their personalities complimented each other for the growth of their business and their social status, both loved each other very much. Zeitoun acted "lethargic" at times, while Kathy kept informing him about the hurricane, he didn't bother much about it, on another hand  Kathy handled very well at their business and took care of the family.

When it came to make decisions about the hurricane Katrina, from my perspective I feel that Zeitoun acted stupid by sending his wife and kids to Kathy's home and his decision to stay back at the town just to save their house. He gave more importance to his house and not his family. I would agree if he had stayed back if he was a single person, but in his case he had a family to take care of  and in-spite of knowing the seriousness about the hurricane he chose to stay back.  I personally disagree to his decision.