Wes Hayden had to deal with a lot of internal conflicts and moral dilemmas in the story. The events that occurred with Wes’ brother and father …show more content…
Even though Wes knew it was the right action to not let Frank go, but he still had some second thoughts about what he should do which shows a side of his personality where he still loves his brother and has a small amount of empathy for him. “I mean, I felt it was a kind of miracle my brother being in the one place in the world I needed him most”(Watson.158). This quote shows how Wes has conflicting feelings about the situation with Frank as he remembers the positives about Frank, and how he used to be a role model for him. For Wes, this caused conflicting feelings as Wes remembered the time when Frank was there for him when Wes was in a time of need and when Frank was in a time of need, but it went against everything Wes believes in to help his brother, so he didn’t. This side to Wes’ personality that was shown by this quote helps to develop the theme of family loyalty because it showed a part of Wes that did want to help frank even though it wasn’t the right thing to