Daniel Brennan is the main character of the story,’ Tom Brennan’. He plays an 18 year old son, who makes a decision that completely ruins his life and his reputation. Before the accident, Daniel had the dream life any teenage boy could ever want. He was five-eight and his brother Tom was half-back, they worked as a team. All that is over now. The story begins with the Brennans fleeing town. They packed all their belongings and left. They were ashamed of what went down just weeks recently. The harsh whispers that washed over and through the neighbourhood. They couldn’t handle it.
Daniel might have turned his life and his family life around but he was not the only one to blame for the accident that took place. The night began with a positive start. The party was off the hook. The Saint John’s team had won the champion ships for the year. The guys went out for a good time to celebrate the victory. Daniel had a bit to drink, not surprisingly since he had been drinking lot lately. He was in a chilled mood, standing straight, and proud. It was a sudden change in mood. You could see the anger in his eyes. Fin seemed to be in a stable state.
He was sober. Just before the accident occurred there had been a fight between Fin and Daniel. It was about, Claire, Daniel was certain there was something going on between the two, but he was foolish enough to not say anything before. When Claire approached him and exclaimed that their relationship was over. he staggered over to Fin, drunk and angry. The fight got out of hand. Everyone was yelling, the boys were cheering but nobody tried to stop it. Eventually Daniel just walked away. …… Daniel was the type of guy who wouldn’t let anyone drives his car.
Luke, Dans best mate, Nicole and Fin were all squashed in the back. Even though Daniel wasn’t in any state to drive, none of them said a word. Those three people didn’t know what mess they were getting themselves into. They should have known what consequences they would have to face. Daniel was drunk and didn’t know what was going on. It wasn’t only his fault entirely. The people around him were also to blame. They could have helped him to make the right choice. If they would have taken the responsibility to tell Daniel not to drive in his state, they wouldn’t have died.
The parents have played a very important role in Daniels life. They brought him up always showing him what’s wrong and what’s right, what choices to make, and who to trust. Being a parent means that you should always be in control of your children for as long as possible. Daniel was said to be the type that needed guidance even though he came across as a strong and independent. His mother knew this, but even she was scared of what he was capable of. When times got rough the parents backed off and let him make his own choices. That wasn’t the best move to make.
The parents might have shown love and affection to Daniel but they truly couldn’t see what was going on. If only they had paid enough attention to Daniel maybe they could witness how badly he was coming off the rails. They could of helped him. Helped him to make the right choices. Tom was angry that night. He was angry at his brother for making everything ten times worse than it should be. Angry because he was so drunk. Angry that he couldn’t do the right thing. Tom wanted Daniel dead; he wanted him to pay for all the shit he had caused.
He didn’t care if anything bad happened to him; he just needed to pay the price for everything. Tom had walked away that night. Leaving his drunken brother to find his own way home. To figure out it all by himself and not come crawling back to him. To ask to repair things that needed fixing. Tom was done. He knew deep down inside that if he left Daniel he wouldn’t be able to cope, he wanted Daniel to feel alone. Daniel was off his head, and without tom by his side to guide him he was uncontrollable. This caused Daniel to make his own choice. Which turned out to be the worst choice you could possibly make.
