the glass rosesssss

In the short story The Glass Roses by Alden Nowlan, hard work and determination is shown throughout the characters. This is only shown when they are up to making a difference like Stephen. Kindness is viewed in various ways and it is portrayed numerous times within the three main characters in quite detail it can be explained how they achieve their destinies within it. Stephens father has a strict opinion of his son, he believes that his son is not a man and that he is weak. Stephen consistently tries to prove his father otherwise, his opinion of his son is stuck on the fact of him not having enough potential. He is a racist man, and disrespectful in many ways especially towards Leka. Although he has this feature, his father gradually sees an improvement that Stephen has. Stephen constantly does his job and begins to be a hard worker and his father soon starts to realize that. It is noticeable that his father says things to his son to only help him achieve his job, even though his father still has that strict, racist tone about Leka he only tries to protect his son as a nice gesture.
In the beginning Stephen did not want any part of having Leka around what so ever. He did not like the fact when Leka tried to correct him on his saw cutting. Stephen retaliated towards him. Stephens father has an abrupt opinion on Leka, he knew that if his opinion on Leka was any different from his fathers it could be a bad thing. Stephen tried his hardest to not get attached to Leka considering that not very many of the men in the Pulp Woods cared for him but Stephen started to care about him instead. When Leka constantly talked to Stephen about his life story and what he had gone through it had made Stephens’s opinion on Leka change completely. He slowly started to develop an open mind towards Leka. Leka being apologetic made Stephen have sympathy and fondness towards him. The constant communication that Leka and Stephen had created made Stephen come to a realization that Leka