The book The English Patient, by Michael Ondaatje, shows the effects of the Second World War on the soldiers as well as the nurses involved in the war. Hana, a nurse during the war, experiences the devastating loss of her father, Patrick, who died in the war. Hana then dedicates her life to helping a burned, disfigured and seriously injured man called the English Patient. Hana decides to stay with the dying English patient, whom she loves like her own father, in a makeshift hospital, even though she was told how dangerous it was for her. Hana was very close to her father, so his death hurt her. Both the English patient and Patrick are similar in that they both suffer from the same intense injuries and burns. Hana is upset that she was unable to help her father when he was dying, so she becomes attached to the English patient. Patrick is the reason why Hana stays to take care of the English patient because she was unable to take care of Patrick when he died and does not want the English patient to die the same way as his father. Hana had a special relationship and bond with her father. Hana remembers her father's personality, remembering all the aspects of him that she liked and says, "he was different from most men" (91). Hana remembers the times she and her father would spend summer nights together, stopping "his car under a specific bridge in Toronto, north of Pottery Road, at midnight and telling him that's where the starlings and pigeons shared the rafters, uncomfortably and not too happily, at night.” at night” (91). Little things like playing the piano, reading a passage from a book, or even seeing a dog bring back memories of his father and some of the conversations they had. When Hana finds out her father died in the middle of a paper......father. Hana's resentment at not being able to save her father leads to her attachment to the English patient, so she stays behind. take care of him like a father. Hana sees the English patient as a father figure to her. She sees the similarities between her father's situation and that of the English patient. She wishes she could have saved her father and puts all her efforts into being there for the English patient. She does not want the English patient to die like his father; alone, in pain and without anyone who loves him. She makes sure to do everything in her power to save the English patient when his time to die comes; he will be comfortable and loved. Her father was the reason she stayed because he was the motivation to keep the English patient alive and happy. Works Cited The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje