Darius The Great Is Not Okay Sparknotes

Delaney Sobecki

Darius the Great is NOt Okay Essay

Veldhoff P6

March 3,2023

Understanding Love “The researchers found that on a typical day, roughly 70 percent of the world's population reports feeling love”(Friedman). This explains that not all people feel love, like Darius some people have trouble knowing they are truly loved.In the book “Darius the Great Is Not Okay” by Abid Khorram, Darius the main character feels not appreciated by his dad. By the end of the book Daruis feels his dad truly loves him.The author’s most important message about a person understanding that they are loved is they are a much better person because of it.

Most people struggle with knowing they are loved,and it leads to them not becoming the person they

While taking their medicine together Darius’s dad looks up and says “‘ Love you,Darius.’”(Khorram 239). This comes to show that Darius’s dad was not always trying to ruin their relationship. This makes you think Darius's dad is trying to make the relationship better but Darius would not allow him to try because he thought his dad was this mean and snarky type of a person. Soon after the Kellner family got back from Iran the family sat at the kitchen table and discussed, “ drinking fine Ceylon tea, and telling me it was okay to take a job that didn’t pay, in a field that was nothing like his own”(Khorram 312). To dig a little deeper Darius feels like his dad is not pressuring him and actually telling to do what makes him happy. Even though Darius’s dad was telling him to do something Darius could feel the love coming from his dad and he finally felt his dad just wanted the best for

In the book “Darius the Great Is Not Okay”, Dauris does not have a lot of people that he can confide in . I feel that I can relate to Darius in this way because I also feel I do not have a lot of people to talk to. Also, I feel that Darius was never put in a good situation to help with his depression and was just put on medication. I sympathize for Darius because I feel adults just want to put young adults on medication for everything that is wrong with them instead of helping the situation. What makes me feel this way is that Darius was put on medication but the situation with his dad never got better and it still made him depressed. Also his parents never showed that they cared that Darius did not have any friend at home. Technically,he was lonely therefore his depression could arise. I also feel that Darius’ s little sister’s priorities were put over his own by his parents. I relate to Daruis because in my life my older sister’s priorities are put over mine. I understand that it is tough to have a sibling that takes over your parents and not have them to be able to talk and help