Montana 1948 Character Analysis

David is a 12 year old boy from a lilliputian town called Bentrock in Montana, David has a very confined personality, in other words he has to watch what he says or does because of the name he was give at birth as a Hayden- a very respectable name in his kinsfolk town as his overprotect is the sheriff, Uncle a cook and his grandfather like his father was sheriff also.During the year of 1948 David as a young boy got caught up in all the drama of his Uncles sins molesting Indian women, when David eaves drops and hears round what his uncle had done is the major turning point for him, he is no longer a little kid however now after his opinions of his family had changed he had missed all his innocence and was left in the middle of the detail.After finding out about his Uncles assaults on Indian women, David chitchats his uncle leaving the house whilst in the neighbours outhouse through a peep hole, that day when arriving category he finds that Marie Little Soldier had been murd ered, Marie is an Indian that works in his home and had made the accusations on his uncle, David loved Marie in a young boy sort of way as there was scarcely one kind of love for a 12 year old boy, She was young and beautiful and understood David.After Davids father had imprisoned his uncle in his basement, four men that worked for Davids Grandfather arrived at his home willing to jail break his Uncle, Davids mother shot a warning fire in order to scare them away from the house tho they didnt budge so Len Mcauley, Davids neighbour whom David thought was in love with his mother came over and pointed his gun at them ordering them away from the home and scared them off. Davids mother then hugged him thankfully and asked for David to join them, but for David it cheeked unfaithful so he stood there with his fathers gun so it didnt look bad if his father emerged.After this scene Davids mother ordered her brother in law to be freed for the safety of her family and home, that night David heard his uncle smashing eyeglasses from the cellar and awoke the next day to find later in the morning his father hugging his dead brother with gashes on both his wrists in a pool of blood, after this situation David was relieved for the fact that there would be no trial, no more women molested, no bad name put to his family and no more trouble, he was thankful to his uncle but that was not the culmination of it.Davids Grandfather practically disowned the family making in unbearable to live in Bentrock no longer than a few months after his uncles death Davids family moved away. Wesley HaydenWesley Hayden is David Haydens father, was born in 1910 in mercer county, when he was a teen a horse kicked his leg, breaking it giving him a permanent limp in the shape of a V so we feel that he is disabled, in the early twenties Wesley and his family moved to Bentrock and lived on a cattle ranch just outside on Bentrock, Wesley graduated from the university of north Dakota law school, and he was a member of both the North Dakota and Montana state bar association his wife believed that the family would be better if he had a career as an attorney but his father Julian Hayden wanted to keep the family name and popularity going on in the family and passed his job as Sheriff down to his eldest son Wesley.I see Wesley Hayden as a pushover, he pushed a rewarding career away because his father had told him to and he went to law school because his wife told him to as well. In the unexampled Wesley is put in a very, very difficult situation by having to convict his own brother for the assaults on Indian woman during his appointments at the reserve- at first Wesley believes the accusations but tries to cover up the situation by making up excuses for his brother, but is then pushed by his wife to squander action, if Wesley hadnt been pushed to take action he never would have. This is a major turning point for Wesley as well as David because its a big thing and he knows that its wrong and has no choice not to do anything because he is the sheriff and his wife is very strong on her beliefs.Another turning point in the brisk for Wesley is when his son tells him that he had seen his brother leaving the house the afternoon that Marie had died this is a huge turning point because now Wesley has to do something major about the situation because its not something that you can just brush off, Wesley has to find Indian women to testify against his brother, but has then run out of options and decides to imprison his brother in the basement to save the embarrassment of his brother. When Wesleys father finds out that his son is being imprisoned in his other sons home he demands for him to be freed but when he is refused, he sounds 4 men that work on his ranch to break him free. After Wesleys brother commits suicide in his basement, Wesleys father disowns him as a son and loses contact with him. Wesley, his wife and his son move to Fargo when Wesleys wife decides t hat she wants to move out of Bentrock. Dies from cancer. Gail Hayden Wesley Haydens wife and David Haydens mother, from eastern ND in the Red River Valley, Wanted her husband to be himself and not a Hayden.Wanted to move back to North Dakota Concerned about Davids values, Wished for a bigger community to raise David in, one not so easily escapable, Worked as a sceretary in the Register Deeds Office at the courthouse across the course from the Hayden home. Gail Hayden is a very stern and faithful woman, she is very well mannered and has one son (David), Davids birth was very difficult for her so she had only decided to have one son. The turning point for Gail is also the same turning point as her son and husbands, even though she doesnt know what her son knows, she tries to keep it as much as a secret from him because he is only twelve years old. One problem that Gail is faced with is protect her home from her father-in-laws men, she is forced to fire warning shots, this is very we ird for Gail because she is very well mannered and a lady so its very unexpected.At the end of the novel when Gail asks to move away from Bentrock we know its because 2 people had died in her own home and it would be a great way to start idle without people talking about them in Bentrock. Gail dies from a heart attack Frank hayden Davids uncle, war hero, doctor, witty, charismatic, charming, rapist, two- faced. He had been a star athlete in gamy school and college, During WWII on a Pacific Island, he carried three soldiers to safety. He is a killer and committed suicide. In the beginning of the novel frank is the bigger person compared to Wesley, he is more handsome, charming and he is a war hero with a very rewarding profession besides the fact that he uses it for the wrong reasons. The big turning point for Frank is when he finds out that Marie had told on him for accusations of rape and assualt