Saeed’s, the protagonist, character in a comparative analysis in: Saeed Abi Al-Nahs the Pessoptimist “Al Mutasha’l” (Habibi, 2006) and Guardian of the Lost City “Haris Al Madena Ad Die'aa” (Nasrallah, 1998) novels

Abstract

This study presents a depiction of the character of the protagonist (Saeed) in two contemporarynovels, Saeed Abi Al-Nahs the Pessoptimist by Emile Habibi, first published in 1974 (Habibi,1997), and (The Guardian of the Lost City) by Ibrahim Nasrallah (Nasrallah). Both arecontemporary Palestinian novelists. The first lived most of his life, died, and was buried inoccupied Palestine; the second lived most of his life in Jordan, and is still alive. Saeed's characterin the two novels plays the heroic role, who suffers from his own crises that shape hisrelationships in society as well as his perception of the difficult reality he lives in. This studypresents a comparison between these two ambiguous personalities who present a specialperception of unhappiness, anxiety, sadness, and falling into historical ambiguities and lifecircumstances. This comparison was made by examining the following aspects: An introductionto Saeed's character in the two novels: Saeed Abi Al-Nahs the Pessoptimist and the Guardian ofthe Lost City, Saeed character in The Strange Facts in the Disappearance of Saeed, Abi Al-Nahsthe Pessoptimist, Symbolism of Saeed Abi Al-Nahs the Pessoptimist character, Saeed Abi Al-Nahs the Pessoptimist who represents Emile Habibi, character formation of Saeed Abi Al-NahsThe Pessoptimist, the fateful fate of Saeed in Saeed Abi Al-Nahs the Pessoptimist, irony and ambiguity in The Guardian of the Lost City title, Saeed the Guardian of the Lost City, Saeed'sjourney in his city in The Guardian of the Lost City, and finally, a conclusion and results.