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As Zeitoun is moving through the neighborhoods in his boat, he sees a bright light emerging. As he gets closer he realizes it is a whole neighborhood becoming engulfed in flames. Then, he realizes it is the neighborhood where his office is. Zeitoun fears that the toxins of the paint will get released into the environment, but he realzies their is nothing he can do. Luckily, due to the direction of the wind, his office did not get engulfed. The fire ended about 20 feet from it.

This photo album symbolizes the album that Zeitoun took out after he went into his daughter's bedroom (Nademah's) and reflected on how long it has been since he had seen his family. In this scene, Zeitoun described the strawberry shampoo and pillowcases that reminded him of his daughter. He also stated that this was the longest time he had ever been away from them. It symbolizes a feeling of hopelessness since he is forced to be away from them.

This picture is vastly similar to that of Zeitoun when he realized the water level was rising. He ran up to the roof of his building and tried bringing all the furniture up. This was the first time he become very worried about the storm.

Syria is the land in which Zeitoun and his 9 brothers and sisters grew up. He discusses how he used to make a living fishing at night on a small boat.