![]() ![]() They got into an argument and then Pete left him there on the side of the interstate. Pete gets pissed at Donald and snaps off on him, for minor things. Pete tried to kill Donald every chance he got after that. Donald starts talking about the past and refers to this one particular time when Pete was mad that he had to help Donald with everything he needed, because of a surgery. On the way back to Pete’s place Donald is telling Pete everything that happened at the farm, and Pete just laughs at Donald’s stupidity. As stated in the book he was going to just send Donald money for a bus ticket but then decided to just drive to get him, because Donald would “try hitchhiking to save the bus fare”. While Pete loves his brother, he doesn’t trust Donald. ![]() At the end of the day, Pete just wants what’s best for his little brother, even if tough love doesn’t work. The author symbolizes tough love between the two brothers, and portrays Pete as the bad guy because he tries to help little brother, Donald grow up. In the short story “The Rich Brother”, by Tobias Wolff (1985), Pete is the older brother and is always looking out for his little brother, Donald. ![]()
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