Richard's ability to overcome the many problems he faces. He learns to deal with things that he does not like doing and ensures that he does not have to do them again.In the beginning,his father takes him and brother Gus to go hunting,but Richard does not like hunting.The main objective of the hunting trip is to get him to shoot his first deer.He refuses to shoot the deer as he does not want to kill the deer.He misses on purpose so that he would m8ss shooting and as a result,the animal escapes.When asked by his father,he openly admits the truth,he does not lie to his father to get out of trouble.