Pick one character from your reading/ class activity, and describe what the character wants in Larry Watson's Montana 1948. What prevents that character from achieving what he/she wants? How does this compare to what you want? [Two paragraphs, 5 POINTS, due 10.08.09]
One of the characters that I chose to analyze was Gail Hayden. She wants Wes to do what's right for the community, even if this means that he needs to arrest his brother. When Dave tells his parents about seeing Frank before Marie was killed, Gail says that "It [the fact that no one else saw] doesn't change a thing, not a thing." (100) This shows that she thinks that Wes shouldn't let Frank get away with what he did to Native American girls.
The thing that stands in her way is Wes' conflict as a sheriff and as Frank's brother. "If Len knows he will keep his mouth shut if I ask him" (Wes, 100). This shows that Wes thinks that Frank will change and that he shouldn't get in trouble. I agree with Gail, I think that if someone, even if it is someone you love, should be forced to live up to what they did. I think that everyone should be punished for things that they did wrong.
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