Red Kayak By Priscilla Cummings

In Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings, guilt lingers inside many of the characters but Brady shows it the most because of the loss of Ben. When Brady learns about the death of Ben, he feels as if he didn’t give his best effort and he could have called out to them that morning. During the beginning of the book, Brady says “After all this time, I still ask myself: Was it my fault? Maybe. Maybe not. Either way, I wonder what would have happened if I’d called out a warning” (Cummings 3). Brady begins by saying “After all this time” meaning that the guilt has stuck with him for his entire life up until the point in which this sentence is said or thought by Brady. He also states that he’s still not sure if he should be to blame or not. The guilt