Thesis from 80 prompt doc.

Prompt 11 (Character)

‘Traditionally, the hero somehow represents the community and carries with him its hopes and fears.’ How far would you regard this to be true of Said?**

Thesis:

In the Thief and the Dogs, the protagonist actively represents the community of Cairo along with its hopes and fears as his emotions and actions passively reflect upon the state of the country after the egyptian revolution of 1952. Mahfouz does this by letting the reader have a constant awareness of Said’s thoughts and emotions through the stream of consciousness narrative style and revolving the plot of the novel around Said’s characterization.