Zeitoun shows us what Islam is really about, "Love for your neighbor what you would love for yourself". Zeitoun stayed behind for several different reasons. Although they were not all completely consistent throughout the whole book, his main purpose was to help people. In the beginning, he stayed behind to save the house and the business. During the storm, Zeitoun wanted to save people and help his neighbors. After the storm, I believe that Zeitoun began to exhaust efforts into going above and beyond to show that the religion of Islam was not as bad as people had made it seem to be, especially after 9/11. He did this still while having the intention of helping people. In the book, "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers, he discussed how awesome Zeitoun felt about helping people. "There was a reason...that he remained in the city. He had felt compelled to stay by a power beyond his own reckoning. He was needed" (Eggers 106). He started to feel alive and stimulated after he realized that he had saved a number of people in such a short time. He didn't want to be a hero initially, however he just became one when the opportunity presented itself.