I would agree with you, but the problem is his wife is from the same region, but has embraced Western Culture at the same time has not forgotten were she came from. Alsana was more concerned with raising her children to the best of her ability and not so concerned with she and her family going to hell or even making deals with God. Samad is extremely insecure with himself and never realizes it or the damage he ends causing because of his insecurities. I will give him credit in trying to do the right thing but he ends up taking the worst possible route in any discussion he makes. Splitting his kid’s ups, the attempted affair, the deals with God, and trying to be a "good" Muslim by being a hypocrite (criticizing secularism but very much being involved and embracing it to a certain extent). Samad never embraces the future nor the possible opportunities that lay before him but rather stays in the past and continually talks about the good old days. He is unable to grow as person or chooses not to, either way his family pays for his insecurities.
Can Samad every truly understand another's viewpoint? What prevents him from doing so?
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