Darius The Great Is Not Okay Sparknotes

Imagine your grandpa is so very ill that you have to go visit him in Iran. With a series of events you end up finding a new found best friend. That is the very true story of what happened to Darius, when Darius went to Iran he didn’t expect anything too special. All he had in mind was to see his grandpa for the very last time. Throughout the book you’ll see Darius have relationships grow and fall, especially with his new friends. Darius has had many altercations through the story. Some like, getting confronted by Iranian police, or getting bullied due to his body hair/culture. Darius has gone through so much and has had to persevere in the largest ways. In the book Darius the Great is Not Okay, by Adib Khorram, Darius learns how to become more

In the book Darius shows metamorphosis as a coming of age because after he arrives in Iran he and his dad’s relationship starts to improve. Through the entire story you can see that Darius and his dad have an okay relationship but, after Darius runs away after he gets yelled at by Sohrab his dad searches for him on the roof. Darius’s dad states, “I’m so sorry, son. I love you so much.”...“You’re okay,” he murmured.” To which Darius responded, “No. I’m not.” Darius’s dad states, “I know. He rubbed my back up and down. “It’s okay not to be okay”(Khorrab 286). I think this quote shows that after him and his dad finally get to talk to each other in Iran he and his dad reconcile. His dad letting him know that it’s okay not to be okay, especially with the mental illness he has. This talk between them helps show that they can have a healthy relationship between each other, and find comfort within each other with both of them having depression. When Darius went to Iran he never expected him and his dad to reconcile but it happened. This helps show that Darius’s view on his dad did a full 180 on this short trip to Iran. Instead of seeing him as someone

In the beginning of the book he seems kind of agitated to be going to Iran, obviously not wanting to go. After meeting his new found friend Sohrab and meeting the rest of his family, he changed his mind and at the end of the book he has a completely different attitude. At the near end of the book Darius states, “I love you too. I’ll miss you.” Maman responds, “Thank you for coming to see us.” To which Darius once responds again and says, “I loved it,” I said. And I had. Really”(Khorram 299). This quote helps explain the change of his metamorphosis. At the beginning of the story, he didn’t like the idea of going to Iran or leaving the U.S. but, now his feelings have switched and now Darius is upset that he has to leave all the people in Iran he just found and made relationships with. This helps me realize that, even though Darius didn’t like Iran at first, after he created new bonds with people living in Iran, enjoyed making tea and finding his culture, he realized that he was now upset at the fact that he had to leave Iran and all the new people he