My favorite character in Village by the Sea is Hari. Despite his relatively young age, he has shown great maturity in his actions. Because of his ill mother and drunkard father, he has no option but to carry a heavy burden of his parents which no ordinary child has to carry. He had to drop out of school due to the lack of financial assistance and has to work in the fields to try his best and support his family instead. With the constant reminder from Lila that what he was doing was not enough, he finally gets fed up and runs to Bombay in hope to find a job and a better life. Fortunately, Hari meets many helpful people that helped him greatly. When he finally earns enough money, he returns to Thul without spending a single cent intending to use the money to support his family. From here, he has again shown great maturity at such a young age. This has made him my favorite character in Village by the Sea.
My least favorite character in the book is Lila's father. Despite his change in attitude at the end of the book, he is the main cause of the trouble and hardship that Lila and Hari had to go through. According to the book, Hari's father once had a fishing boat and went out to fish every day making life very easy for them. However, since Hari's father became a drunkard, he sold his boats and their whole family became dysfunctional and Lila and Hari's lives were turned upside down. They had to drop out of school and Hari had to carry the great responsibility that his father was suppose to carry. Therefore, my least favorite character in this book is Hari and Lila's father.
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Hari is indeed very mature despite his young age. He had many responsibilities but he still made it through and took care of the family with Lila.
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