Reply To: TRWR: Brody’s qualities

Brody has never forgiven himself for suffocating his friend Mac even though it was the only way to save his own life. Mac’s delirious ravings were about to reveal their position to the enemy soldiers. Brody responds to his guilt and shame with sensitivity to others, a capacity to see them and their struggles and a determination to see justice prevail in Jewel even when that means destroying evidence. His inability to forgive himself is transformed into respect for others and an unrelenting focus on decency and fairness.

In many ways, he reminds me of Armand Gamache (not the part about the extramarital affair with his sister-in-law) and of Cork O’Connor, another small town sheriff. In all of these men, I see a moral compass in their pursuit of fairness and decency.