The English Patient: Caravaggio

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she connects her father's death to the suffering of the English patient: "She [has] come across the English patient - some one who looked like a burned animal, taut and dark, a pool for her" (41). Hana decides to stay with the English patient after the war because she doesn't wants to abandon the English patient from her the same way her father had abandoned her. Furthermore, the English patient is different from Hana's other patients; "There [is] something about him she [wants] to learn, grow into, and hide in, where she could turn away from being an adult" (52). At this point, Hana portrays the characteristics of a child. She portrays herself into the image of a vulnerable child, where she will gain the security and love from those around her. "She [needs] an uncle, a member of the family. She [needs] the father of the child"(85). This makes Caravaggio important to her because he has been an uncle figure to Hana since she was a young girl. Although her second ...

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