House of Sand and Fog

Kathy Nicolo. Most people would just see her as an incompetent whore whos life is going nowhere. I however, sympathize with her. Being a recovering cocaine addict, having her house stolen from her by the county makes life harder than it already is for her. She is still depressed from her husband leaving her, has no friends, and is seen as a failure by her whole family. She basically has nothing to live for even before she is homeless. Lester seems to be a ray of light in her life. He is her source of hope in everything in the world. When she jumps to conclusions and thinks that Lester has left her, she attempts suicide, twice. Kathy is just one of those people who needs help to go on. She feels bad for Mrs. Behrani, and Esmail. She didn't want anything bad to happen to them. She just wanted her home back which was unrightfully taken from her. The house is the only thing she can come back to and know it is hers. At a point, she even sympathizes with the Colonel, until the point where he hurts her by bruising and strangling her. But who wouldn't have negative feelings for someone who is living in their house and being greedy and not caring bout anyone but him and his family. Mr. Behrani could have easily bought another home after the mistake was known to him. He could have had a heart and agreed to moving whenever he found another home. It's not like he didn't have the money to move somewhere else. He simply just wanted a profit out of Kathy's home. Kathy didn't kill nor hurt any of the Behranis. She even appreciated all that Mrs. Behrani did for her. She felt bad that they had to move.