Kateb Al Hari Character Analysis

Redefining Security: A Character Analysis of Kateb al Hariri in “Fives and Twenty-Fives” by Michael Pitre
In the novel “Fives and Twenty-Fives” by Michael Pitre, three narratives set the tone for a story of hardships and loss where the characters discover there own form of security through circumstances. With a perspective showing both past and present of the characters lives, the author highlights the three men’s careers working on Road Repair in IRAQ. For the characters of Lieutenant Donovan and Lester Pleasant, otherwise known as Doc., both serve in the United States Marines. Both, Doc. And Donovan’s circumstances throughout the novel help reveal how their security after warfare were they both develop a need for companionship as both become intimate with people as the novel progresses. However, for the character of Kateb al-Hariri, otherwise known as Dodge, a Iraq interpreter whom was temporary working for the Marines, his form of security comes from his himself due to his isolation of feeling as a outsider to both his home country and the country he once admired, the United States. …show more content…
Through such circumstances, the novel details both Dodges past working for the Marines Road Repair Platoon and his present as a student trying to escape his circumstances, all while redefining how Dodge views his own form of security.
In redefining security, the novel alludes that security does not come from a “broad” form of military nor government but from the individual through each of the characters unique circumstances. In defining Dodges circumstances working for the marines, how does he use humor to find security and does this form security actually make him safe in his present day