what do you think of Jamil being the dorm leader instead of Kalim?
to be frank i don't think he would be a good leader,
sure Jamil is wicked competent and capable but if you think about his codependency on Kalim and his actions in book 4, the examples of his actions (ex: bringing water bottles, placid his dorm mates during the meeting) is in how he devises an elaborate scheme so that others can become dependent on him.
Looking at this for Jamil its all about dependency and control, Jamil wants to be in control and making others dependent on him this is what makes him feel secure in his control over others.
when the octotrio came to the dorm and introduced new new methods for his dorm mates that can insure growth
Jamil got angry you can say that he is angry that azul and the group were infuriating his plans to oust Kalim but if you remember when i pointed out that Jamil being relied on makes him feel more secure and in control Jamil got angry because he was not the one who was in control and that the octo trio threatening his control when they helped the dorm, when that is threaten he resorts to drastic methods like that mind control thing he used on Azul.
you can see why he lacks any leadership abilities this is mainly because being a dorm leader is to ensure that your dorm mates can grow but Jamil doesn’t do anything to help his dorm mates grow, he makes them reliant on him not letting them to think or do anything on their own. Jamil’s actions ensure that his dorm mates dependent on him rather than allow them to grow.
there's also the stresses that comes with the responsibility of being a dorm leader, Jamil is already proud and would try to do everything by himself while not asking for help its worse yet that he wouldn’t be able to down when someone asks for help. Jamil would easily crash and burn because he doesn’t let others help him or share the work load which would only serve to getting stressed out more
Theres also the fact that Jamil doesn’t connect to others or reach out, this is a key requirement is leaning to connect to others this is the advantage that Kalim had because Kalim can connect to others on a fundamental level as leona pointed out jamil lacks the leadership abilities that are required to lead and this is a good examples among the other ones.
If anything I’m glad that Jamil doesn’t get to be dorm leader mainly because Jamil would be just more stressed than he was being a servant.














