Characterization of Sirajuddin

Sirajuddin is the main character of the short story “The Return” by Saadat Hasan Manto. He has a daughter of “about seventeen” years old named Sakina. After regaining consciousness in the Muslim refugee camp, Sirajuddin recalls the events that have separated his family. Although the narrative does not explicitly say this, Sirajuddin is most likely Muslim, and he has fled with his family from India during the Partition.

At first, Sirajuddin is in shock and finds it impossible to make sense of wh...