Little Bee discussion

This character annoyed me. It reminded me of yuppies who have children late in life then become so enamored with them that they think everyone wants their child at every adult party and restaurant.

Did anyone else think the book would have been better without him?

This character (Bat Man/Charlie) was the perfect foil for everything else the book was about. He was an innocent. He showed the forced maturity that life had thrust upon Sarah and Andrew, who up until then had lived in only a partially responsible fashion. He was also the unreadable (e.g. the mask) elements going on in the story line, the neutral elements in a plastic unfolding story which could be molded in any direction based upon the characters' actions, thoughts, intents against an unpredictable foe. He IS morality. In the end, Sarah's decision to bring him with her to Nigeria spoke to her utter foolhardiness in the midst of her righteous campaign. He should not have been sacrificed all along in several compromising emotional situations against which a more responsible parent would have shielded him.