"The River" Update + Characters' Prompts

"The River" Update +  Characters' Prompts

  

I have just finished reading Chapter 3, and overall in these three chapters, not the major conflict, but a very minor conflict is taking place in the book already. It is when Derek, the leader of the other two government officials who visited Brian's house, has a conversation with Brian and his mother regarding Brian's return to the wilderness. The three characters all react differently to this minor conflict in the book.

Brian's words and actions regarding this conflict say about him as a person that even though he is reluctant to go to the wilderness again, he cares more about the modern-day society and finally decides to return there in order to teach some survival skills.

Derek's words and actions regarding this conflict say about him as a person that he cares a lot about how the modern-day society survives and he believes that Brian would be a great resource to use in order to teach the society something new. It is shown that he is not greedy over money under any circumstances but he is rather willing to help the modern-day society by teaching them something new. He is asking Brian if he can teach the society how to survive under circumstances like the ones he faced.

Brian's mother's words and actions say about her as a person that she is very close to her son Brian and she is not really that ready to let Brian go back into the wilderness and let him teach Derek and the society how to survive in the wilderness. As a mother, she really wants to decide what is best for Brian, so here, she thinks that not letting Brian go back into the wilderness and having him just write about his experiences is the best choice. Personally, I would agree with her stance because the wilderness is a very dangerous place to be and any wild animal there can attack you surprisingly. If I were in Brian's shoes, I would just agree with her and write a book about the experiences I had there.

Overall, these are the three main characters within the novel after these three chapters and these three characters' reactions to this minor conflict within the book reveal a lot about each person individually.