Necroben.
I was wrong. Always be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. Yes, yes, I know; you have heard it all before. It’s older than dirt, its cliché’, it is well… you know. Anyway, before you open your mouth, close it, and think very hard about what you would say
and...
My world, once bright with hope; had become blackest night.
Your character seems inconsistent. At first i get the impression that he is blunt, matter-of-factly. I even read him with a new york accent, but then you have him say something like that...? Inconsistent. Your character, if done well enough will feel real from the get go. Here's how you can make a convincing character, from now on, whatever happens in your life, ask your self what would so and so do? say? think? buy? choose? and then why? justify your choice. My dad would buy a t-bone before a salsebury, because he says t-bone is the working man's steak. I't doesnt seem important but it is.....here's how.
Im arabic. Im Muslim. I know about perspective on character--it happens to me all the time. People already have ideas about me before speaking to me, the managed to salvage some ideas of me and mix it in with their imagination. TA-DAH! the secret to a Character. Stereotype, either feed into it or reject it, but whatever you do keep it in mind, because you reader will almost always have one about your character. So it is up to you, confirm there suspicions of what so and so is like, surprise them even, but never confuse them by mixing the two together.
I hope this helped.