In the process of convincing Adam to become a member of the army, for the benefits of turning him into a man, his father is stunned with the rebuttal from Adam “Why don’t you ask my brother?...He’ll be …show more content…
Maturing, Charles was always energetic and athletically built. Charles, being the braver brother rather than the older brother, he protected Adam from the school boys, “Charles fought any boy who challenged or slurred him” (20). Cal also shadowed Adam from the furry of their father. When they were younger, Charles was beat by Adam in a game of pee wee and that made Charles extremely mad. Charles was conceited about his empowering strength, seeing as how it was the only thing that he had that Adam did not have. Charles never asked to be the keeper of his brother, but tenaciously cared for his brother. Charles was never showered with glory or praise from his father, which is what he longed for all the days of his life; Life as Charles knew it, shattered before his eyes. Charles did what was an instinct to him, even though it was