What is the What: Valentino - A Christ Figure.

Let me enumerate some of the symbols that signify why Valentino is a Christ figure:

1. He talks to those who have wronged him with self-sacrificing forgiveness and even a trace of sagacity.
2. "We refugees can be celebrated one day, helped and lifted up, and then utterly ignored by all when we prove to be a nuisance." - People treated the refugees the way they treated Christ--abusing, betraying, and trampling him as if they didn't need him.
3. Valentino was baptized not when he was a baby, but when he was older, just like Christ.