Summary Of Amani's Foil

Foil: a character that has qualities that contrast with the qualities of another character to highlight the traits of the other character (“Foil”). Ex: Tamid, Amani’s friend, is Amani foil. Unlike Amani, who is rash, impulsive, and a dreamer, Tamid is cautious, realistic, and sensible. “.He said the same thing he always did. No matter where we went, nothing could change what we were: a cripple and a girl. If we were worthless here, why would it be different anywhere else? I’d tried to tell him different. About the letters from Aunt Safiyah [about Izman]. About bigger things than living and dying in this dead-end desert town. But... Tamid wasn’t really the blind faith sort” (Hamilton 42). He is very religious, unlike Amani who doesn’t even go to prayers. “No one who worked… had time for prayers” (Hamilton 35). “Tamid had read the Holy Books three times over… Tamid… [was moving] toward the prayer house and away from me.. I turned to walk in the opposite direction... toward the shop” (Hamilton 43).
Ex: The antagonist is Commander Naguib Al-Oman. Naguib has killed Amani’s friend (Hamilton 84), caused Amani to abandoned the train and abandon her dream of moving to Izaman (Hamilton 107, 114-115), and Naguib tried to force her brother to destroy a city (Hamilton 309). Point of View: the angle of considering things. It shows the auditions the option or feelings of the characters involved in a situation (“Point of