The book The English Patient, by Michael Ondaatje, shows the effects that World War II had on the soldiers, as well as the nurses involved in the war. Hana, a nurse during the war, goes through the devastating loss of her father, Patrick, who dies in the war. Hana then dedicates her life to helping a burned, disfigured and seriously injured man, referred to as the English Patient. Hana decides to stay with the dying English patient, whom she loves like her father, in the makeshift hospital, despite being told how dangerous it was for her. Hana was very close to her father, so his death affected her. Both the English patient and Patrick are similar in the sense that they both suffered from the same wounds and intense burns. Hana is upset that she was unable to help her father as he was dying, so she latches onto 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 doesn't want the English patient to die the same way her father died. Hana had a special relationship and bond with her father. Hana recalls her father's personality, remembering every aspect of him that she liked and says, "he was different from most men" (91). Hana recalls the times she and her father spent summer nights together stopping “her car under a specific bridge in Toronto north of Pottery Road at midnight and telling her that was where the starlings and pigeons shared uncomfortably and not too cheerfully the rafters during the 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 is dead... middle of the paper... father. Hana's resentment at not being able to save her father leads her to become attached 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. He sees the similarities between his father's situation and that of the English patient. She wishes she had been able to save her father and puts all her efforts into being there for the English patient. He doesn't want the English patient to die like his father; alone, in pain and with no one to love him around. He makes sure to do everything he can to save the English patient and that when it is his time to die; he will be comfortable and loved. His father was the reason he stayed because he was the motivation to keep the English patient alive and happy. Works Cited The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje