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Forgotten Fire Adam Bagdasarian Character Analysis

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What is home? Home is somewhere where someone feels safe and secure. It is a place and/or a state of mind where someone can fulfill their personal needs. Vahan, the main character in Forgotten Fire, written by Adam Bagdasarian, perspective on home changes a lot during the book. In the beginning of the book Vahan is a wealthy, soft, and spoiled kid. He is a part of a very wealthy family and he even has maids to clean up and cook for him. Later, in the book Vahan turns into a kid who has to make life or death choices. Vahan has to watch his family members be murdered in cold blood, and because of that he matures and becomes someone who is very hard-headed. Vahan stays at many places where he is taught to call home. Though, Vahan still misses his home in Bilis and his family dinners.Vahan’s perspective on home changes a lot throughout the book and Vahan even wonders if he will ever have a home. Vahan realizes that home is not a physical state but a state of mind.
To start, Vahan’s an innocent boy who lives in his comfortable home with his maids and cooks. Everything in Vahan life seems to be going perfect. He loves his life, friends, family and home. “I walked …show more content…

Vahan has experienced many examples of home and it is until the end of the book when he is free from the gendarmes that he has found one. Why does Vahan find a home in Constantinople (the land of the free) and not in Turkey? It is because in Constantinople Vahan is free and he does not have to worry about being found and killed by gendarmes. Vahan can feel at home when he is free, safe, and secure. Vahan perspective on home has changed a lot throughout the book, and in the end he realizes that a true home is not based off size, shape, or structure. Home is made up of memories, love, and family. Vahan realizes that he doesn’t miss his house, money, or fame though he misses his family and the memories that he shared with all of

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