While I was going about my summer reading, I realized that I had unconsciously been making character comparisons from one book to another. The LOTF and The Kite Runner have no similiar plots but the characters in the book have a lot of similiarities. Assef, the protagonist in The Kite Runner, reminded me a lot of Ralph. Both have a lot of inner problems that they both need to address but neither one seems to be capable of doing so. Jack and Assef, who is one of the antagonists in The Kite Runner, also have many things in common. They are both extremely sadistic and like to be in control of others. The adult that Assef becomes is exactly what I would imagine Jack would have been would he have stayed on that island for much longer.