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Lainey is looking for a new apartment and her realtor keeps calling her with new listings. The calls only take a few minutes, but a few minutes here and there are really starting to add up. She's having trouble concentrating on her work. What should Lainey do? a) Tell her realtor she can only receive text messages O b) Limit the time spent on each call O c) Turn off her phone until she is on a break O di Call her realtor back when customers won't see her on the phone
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I'm going to need more context, what is the question?
The answer is: to suggest the hopelessness of Zeitoun’s situation.
In the excerpt from "Zeitoun," the author Dave Eggers makes reference to Zeitoun's feeling of devastation as the sees New Orleans underwater after hurricane Katrina. For instance, the narrator describes how the whole city is submerged and that nothing other than water can be seen around Zeitoun's tent. The protagonist also looks for people, animals or machines moving, but he sees nothing until the helicopter flies around.