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Example 1 :

Within Marra's A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, and Hirokazu's Like Father, Like Son, there is an obvious transition between warriors, lovers, fathers, and homes. However, one obvious change that I notice especially between the two narratives are the interchangeable states of being a warrior and being a father. This is heavily displayed with the character, Akhmed from A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, and  Ryota from Like Father, Like Son as they go through their plots and are conflicted over caring and loving a child not of their own. As Akhmed watch from his window asDokka was taken away, he was conflicted with helping his friend at the risk of his own life. In turn, he waits for Dokkato be taken away and does his best to save Havva, "Akhmed was quickly peeled back by self-loathing, because he was alive, safe in his living room, while in the truck across the street, not twenty meters away, Dokka was a dead man, (Marra5)," The readers can see Akhmed as a depiction of a warrior here because  while it holds true, he is unable to help his friend; it is apparent he does not wish for his friend to suffer and be harmed. However, instinctively, he knows he may be the only one to care for Havva's. And if so, it is for the best to  stays hidden instead of risking the possibility of having both him and Dokka dead and Havva left unprotected. It wasn't until the men had left, did Akhmed seek out  Havva, and "he held her like a bundle of lose if leaves sticks in his arm, carried to his house and with a damp towel and wiped the ash from her forehead He tucked her in bed beside his invalid wife and didn't know what to do next (Marra 6)." Once safe to approach Havva, the audience can see Akhmed transitions from a role of  a warrior to a role of a father as he insistently and tenderly cares for Havva and sympathizes for the poor child for what she just witness. Akmed's feel of having the responsibility of overlooking Havva just enforces Akhmed's desire and need to be a father or the closest figure to Havva and his need to transition between both a warrior and a father in order to make sureHavva is safe through their journey to Sonja and his desperate attempt in securing a shelter and a job for himself as well as Havva is admirable as a father and a warrior. On the parallel, Ryota, who is a successful businessman is conflicted when he learns that his biological son and the son who he raised for the last eight years had been switch at birth. While going through the circumstance of slowly adjusting and trading the boys back to their biological parents to test out whether the families would be compatible with their sons, Ryota is instantly put into a situation where he not knows if family is a matter of bloodline or based off the sentiments of all the memories and time they cherish together a whole. With Ryota being a workaholic that he is, he can be seen as a equivalent as a warrior as he is the provider and the protector of the family. And as a warrior is committed to his duty, Ryota is extremely commited to his work and projects for the company's wellbeing.  While cold and distant from his biological son, Ryusei, and Kieta, the son he raised so far, he does love them both as a father, but his judgment is easily clouded by his own father's impression of what family truly means and other loved one around him who sways his perception on the concept of family such as his mother-in-law. It isn't until when he struggles with raising Ryusei officially, does he strip away his sternness and coldness as a warrior who did not understand how to be a father and slowly grows into understanding how to connect with his children and wife embrace. By reuniting with his biological son, Ryusei, it allowed Ryota was able to understand that blood is not what makes a family and perhaps connection and sentiment are the building blocks to a family. And in learning so, he reunites with his Kieta because he understands that concept to the extent where he feels remorse for not keeping Kieta by his side. In which, he takes action and swaps the boys back to their original family. This makes the audience ponder about is it possible to start a family over(in a sense) when your family has already establish. Benett & Royale's The Beginning has an expert that reminded me specially of this questions, when came across the questioning, " Does a text begin as a author puts his or her first mark on a peice of paper or keys in the first word on a computer?" The same questions could be asked about starting a family. Can Ryota continue to live in this household with Ryusei and not Keita after devoting all that time to Kieta and can Akhmed treat Havva as his daughter when he himself was never able to conceive in the first place  and would she come to accept him as a father firgure or simply as an older authority figure?  What are you thoughts and perception of Ryota and Akhmed in relations to the archetypes of warriors and/or father?