TURTLES CAN FLY
Satellite is the main character, he is thirteen years old, he is
known for his installation of dishes and antennas for local villages
who are looking for news of Saddam Hussein and
for his limited knowledge of English. He is the dynamic and manipulative leader of the orphan children who follow him, he organizes the dangerous but necessary sweeping and clearing of the minefields, which were paid at a low price.
He
falls in love for an orphan girl named Agrin, she is a very sad girl who traveling with her disabled, but smart
brother Hengov, who appears to have the gift of clairvoyance, making people think he can predict the future. Agrin has a blind toddler son named Riga, who Agrin gave birth to after she was gang raped by
Iraqi Arab soldiers. In Agrin and Hengov's village, the
girls had been killed after being raped, while the boys and their families had
been killed as well. Hengov's arms had been shot and
soldiers attempted to drown both children. Because of these circumstances, Agrin
is unable to reciprocate Satellite's feelings for her.
Agrin tries to kill the child on multiple occasions,
then she ties him to a rock and she drowns him in the lake. When her
brother sees in him dream that Riga is drowning, he hurries out of
the tent crying and trying to save him. Meanwhile, Agrin commits suicide.
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