Post #7: Community

Reading the book further, I realized that the English Patient is like an elder in a community. The English patient is the focal point of the small community formed by Hana, Kip and Caravaggio. Each of them depends on the English patient to bring them together and it's obvious that none of them are sure what to do if the English patient was to pass away. However, it's also clear that they depend of each other. I think that the book is telling us the importance of community and that we should cherish what we currently have. Since, the book accentuates the importance of community, it suggests that we trust and look for help in others as a way to be successful.