Said Tragic Hero

1  - Said's ideology itself can be considered his flaw, since it ties him to an unfortunate end. As we have seen in the story, Said's intention is to carry out his own way of justice, which is the Marxist justice, the abolition of the social classes distributing the wealth among all individuals of society. This ideology drives Said to desire revenge on Raof, who now, after Said is freed from prison, has become a rich journalist that has abandoned his Marxist ideologies. Besides of this. his character itself, his need to take revenge on Nabawiyya, and Ilish doom his future.

In addition to this, Said keeps thinking about his past, and keeps focusing on taking revenge, instead of thinking about starting a new life. This event can be seen as lack of vision. As Aristotle said, it is the trait of the character that leads to his downfall, therefore in this case it is his hatredor lack of compassion that dooms his destiny.

2 - Comparing Said to Okonkowo, we can see similarities regarding attitude, although as it is shown in The Thief and the Dogs, Said is a person that demonstrates his selfishness through his actions more than through what he says. It is crucial to focus Said's attitude, and mentality from the right angle. Said, as individual, has his own aim or target, which is take revenge on Ilish, Nabawiyya, and Raouf. Throughout the story we see how an old friend of Said called Nur decides to help Said when he needs shelter, and food, without anything in exchange. Later we find out that Nur loved Said in the past, which is one of the reasons why Nur protects and hides Said. After Said was released from prison his only aim was taking revenge, although in this situation we see how he could have stated a new life with Nur, and escape from that sad place hat would only make him remember his past. As a proof that demonstrates Said's pride, we find in the story the fact that he places his aim or tarjet above everything and everybody.

3 - From my point of view, I believe that there is only one turning points in this story. The first turning point is when Said sees Sana for the first time and gets rejected b his own daughter. More than anything, this action damages Said's feelings and mentality. This fact only makes Said realize that he has lost his own daughter, who now has his former best friend as parent figure, therefore Said's desire to take revenge on Ilish and Nabawiyya just increases after this event happens, which later on triggers his unfortunate death. The reason why this happens is that Said's desire to take revenge grows so big, that he can only think in that, which drives him to kill innocent people.

4 -  I believe that this happens almost at the very end of the story, when the protagonist comes to realize that he will not have the change to see his daughter grow, or to be a father since he is in a situation that might trigger his death. The evidence that we find is a phrase in which the author portrays the idea that Sana ran away from said, as an abstract concept that shows his possibility to obtain his daughter back leaving.