The Conflict

The conflict follows Brent thoughout the book and in a way will never leave him. The conflict is that Brent killed someone. It was not on perpus but it still happened regardless. Now Brent is working his best to help the family ferfill there wish (to build a whirligig at each corner of the USA), and he hopes to redeem himself of his crime at the same time. Building the whirligigs will not take that long but its the redeeming and forgiving of himself that will. He will live with the feeling of regret all the time. It may lessen with time but he will always feel a certain sympathy and turmoil inside of him. This conflict is greater than any conflict. Yes, having youre house caught on fire would be a problem but before anything self reasurance always comes first and brent might not posses that all the time due to the '' incedent''. Like I said, time will help but not completly and Brent is going to have to learn to live with that.