Character Exploration-Asylum Seekers

Character Exploration-Asylum Seekers 

My character is the father of a Syrian asylum seeking family who is struggling to stay together and remember who they all are as people and more importantly who they all are to each other throughout their journey through the crisis. Pre-crisis, my character is trusting, energetic and always hoping for the best of life with his family, however the violence, destruction and most of all struggle to keep his family alive and together has what I feel to have "worn" him out and made him very distrusting and made him keep himself to himself, even from his won family who he still wants nothing but the best for but has almost lost his emotional connection with. I believe that one of the functions of the crisis is that is reveals who the characters within it truly are, and I feel that my character has been revealed to be nothing but completely selfless at his core as time and time again in my performances and exercises (especially in our assessment in which the year 14's took part) he sacrifices his own well-being and what would be his own natural selfish desires to protect his family. However I believe that the crisis has also revealed him to be cold and possibly even cruel when it comes to the well-being and preservation of his family, even towards people of his own situation. I look forward to further exploring him and seeing where his journey takes him.