Wolves vs Humans

I recently finished reading the book, "Lone Wolf" by Judi Picoult. My protagonist, Cara is a seventeen year-old girl trying to fit in a lifestyle between two divorced parents. Recently in my story she had just chosen to live in a small trailer with her wolf-crazed father that had deserted her family years before to head into the Quebec woods to study wolves. He inserted himself within the pack for two years, and was so attached that he had a very hard time leaving. However, Cara and her father have always have a strong attachment towards each other, unlike her mother and brother. Some of this may have to do with the fact that her brother, Edward abandoned them when he turned eighteen, fleeing to Thailand where he remained for six years. Edward left one sad note for their mother, Georgie but besides that he took off with absolutely no contact. When a devastating car crash injures both the father, Luke and Cara it forces Edward to come home and reunite with his mother and her new family, bonding over a failed relationship. All three have to decide what is the best way to let go of Luke, the father that showed more care towards his wolves then his family.

Luke cared about his family yes, but after two years he was ready to go back into the wild with the wolves. Ever since Luke was at a young age, there was something in his heart that felt personally fascinated and connected to the wolf-world. He started working at a zoo where he would go into the wolves den and spend the night, trying to make himself seem defenseless only trying to be accepted into the pack.  From this wild idea people on the news covered a story on him, and the reporter happened to be Georgie. From this first encounter they had an instant spark, and for a while Luke was so in love he gave up the wolf world. Soon they were married, and had two kids. "It killed me, every time. Because as much as I wanted to be a wolf, I was only human. And what parent chooses one child at the expense of another?" This line said by Luke explains some of his delusions. He was so involved in the wolf world, at just wanting to be one, that constantly he would compare how to take care of his children to how to take care of a wolf. Things that occurred between his adopted wolf pack would reflect on his human life, and he would always try to see how that could apply towards his family. In all honesty, Luke Warren did not have the capability to be a father.

In conclusion, his constant comparisons between his wolf world and his human family caused him to completely lose them. He devastated Georgie, Cara, and Edward and never apologized for ruining their lives. His choice to live in the woods caused inexplicable trauma, bad enough that Edward took off for Thailand at the first chance he could. I thought that what Luke did was awful, and unfair and that he had poor judgement. Around the world there is much poor judgement made on a day by day basis, whether it's as simple as eating just because they wanted to or wearing make-up. But all of these small things can easily lead up to a big event like developing a disease because they weigh too much, or ruining someone's perfect skin because they decided to wear make-up. Whatever it is, the little things count.