A Hero's Journey Analysis

As a human being, Hamida never forgets her duty whenever it is required. One evening, Hamida discovers a young girl hiding in their sugarcane field. Very carefully, She brings her home after dusk. Hamida hears patiently all about her, how she is abducted and looted from the refugee encampment and how she has escaped from the clutches of the Muslim ravishers. Anger and shame make her restless. She begins to think what profit those looters would gain with human blood, “Could the earth soaked with human blood produce golden corn?” (86; ch.19) The following evening a convoy of refugees passes through Chatto and Hamida plans to meet Ram Chand, who is sure to join the convoy as it is coming from Rattoval, Ram Chand’s village. She wants to introduce the girl to him for her safe return to her parents in India. Hamida’s wholehearted effort to save the girl’s life reflects her intelligence and open mind. Her sympathy for fellow human beings, without any distinction of known or unknown, reflects her humanist approach toward life. Her intellectual integrity is also praiseworthy. She feels cruel pain to see the indescribable sufferings of the refugees who “tramped all through the day and lay sprawled on the ground. Although the cloud of death hovered over them like the malevolent spirit of vampire bat, they slept as if …show more content…
He considers Lazo as his own offspring and does his level best to rescue her and send her back to her own family. The day Ram Chand is to come their house to take Lazo, Rashida feels a fatherly happiness. The author narrates, “He patted Lazo affectionately on the back, as an old father would pat his daughter when sending her off to her husband” (121; ch. 25). Although Hamida’s brother can not forget that Rashida has abducted his sister, Ram Chand embraces Rashida saying, “Brother, you have been very good to us; I’ll never forget the obligation I owe you” (124; ch.