Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. only birds would survive this sort of apocalypse. birds, some snakes, any beast that could find higher ground ahead of the rising tide. he looked for fish. if he was floating atop water shared with the lake, surely fish had been swept into the city. and, on cue, he saw a murky form darting between submerged tree branches. what is happening in the excerpt?
a. zeitoun rejoices at the sight of birds in the trees.
b. zeitoun spots fish swimming in the flood waters.
c. zeitoun is contemplating the survival of domestic pets.
d. zeitoun is considering the religious nature of the flood.

D. Zeitoun is considering the religious nature of the flood.

Explanation:

Dave Eggers' "Hurrican Katrina" is the story of Abdulrahman Zeitoun. He was born  Syrian-born American who was caught in Hurricane Katrina. Everyone left Louisiana but Zeitoun planned to stay back and look after his home and business. He was declared to be a terrorist and was denied to make any contact with anyone. The story revolves around his life from being alone to be arrested and later to be free. There were many layers of his life which Eggers had tried to unfold in his story.

gilgamesh is an epic hero from birth, as he's brought to the world by the hand of several gods who shaped him with the goal of saving humanity. there's a passage from the text that reads "the glorious sun shamash bestowed upon him glory; adad the terrible god of storms bestowed upon him courage. the great gods perfected his magnificence beyond all others, terrible like the great wild bull". this is a great example that show some of the super-human qualities that the gods gave gilgamesh upon his birth.

as gilgamesh grows he has to face many challenges that put his heroism to task. the courage he displays along the way, prove that he's ready to live up to the godly qualities brought upon him. at one point he has to overcome a wild beast by the name of hubamba "whose roar is a flood, whose mouth is fire, whose breath is death", as the text reads. the actions taken by gilgamesh, beating the beast with the use of his super-human force, examplify why he shoud be thought of as an epic hero.

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1.the hosts on two opposing mountains stood,  

2.thick as the foliage of the waving wood;  

3.between them an extensive valley lay,  

4.o'er which the gleaming armour pour'd the day,  

5.when from the camp of the philistine foes,

6. dreadful to view, a mighty warrior rose; in the dire deeds of bleeding battle skill'd,