Imagine Being In Between Sniper Character Analysis

Imagine being in between sniper crossfire. Republic of Srpska and Bosnian Serbs were at war, because of the land. The republic of from the Sarajevo 1993, in the spring, people being shot at every turn. There are people who are 35, but look 50. The people are terrible, when somebody gets shot most just the keep walking and don’t stop to help. Kenan is a good man, but is scared out of his mind when it comes to the war. His two biggest fears are being killed or killing someone else. He’s a family man who would do anything to know his family was safe. Kenan is a person you can count on, no matter what.

Kenan behind closed doors turns into a scared little boy. Kenan goes to get water every four day down at the brewery for his family, and neighbor Mrs. Ristovski. Mrs. Ristovski is really old so she can’t get the water herself, there is no other man in her life, except Kenan. He tries to act like everything is normal around his wife, but they both know it’s not what it once was. He’s a strong, self assured guy around his children, but when he closes the door he weeps and weeps. Kenan shows that he is scared “ As the door to his apartment closes behind him he presses his back to it and slides to the ground…” (Galloway 17). When he
Before people cross the street they let others cross, so they can make sure the street is safe. They’re used as guinea pigs. When a couple shows up he uses them as “ ... his guinea pigs…” (Galloway 99). He doesn’t want to get shot at and die, so it makes since to do this, but it still isn’t right. Kenan uses a couple as his guinea pigs to make sure the street was safe. It doesn’t matter if the couple did get shot at or not, the snipers are trained enough to kill more than one person crossing the street. Even if he feels that the street is safe that doesn’t mean that it actually is safe. Even though he may be scared, he still shows concern for