Finally, one other reason that lead to the contrast in the two Wes's life style was their surroundings. The narrator was sent off to military school at a very young age. "This uniform had become a force field that ha kept the craziness of the world outside form getting too close...". (118) Here the narrator describes how shielded his was from reality at military school. He describes it as "… a different psychological environment... were leadership was honored and class clowns were ostracized". (96) The narrator then goes on to explain the lessons that he learned and lived by " A cadet will not lie, cheat, or steal, or tolerate those who do..." .(115) In military school "They made it clear that they care if" you "succeeded". On the other hand
