At the very end of the story, after Smokey has been put to sleep, the last two sentences say “I will never work for Dr.Milk” and “I will never go hunting with my father.” The first quote “I will never work for Dr.Milk” is James saying that he never wants to put an animal down or never wants an animal to die under his watch as a vet because his brothers have worked as a vet for Dr.Milk and had to put down an animal before. Also the first quote is also saying that he would not harm an animal by being a vet. Then the second quote “I will never go hunting with my father” is James also saying that he would rather save animals rather than killing them. The second quote is also saying that he would hate to be the one responsible for shooting an animal and killing it. This shows that James never wants to kill …show more content…
He is very caring towards animals because, in the beginning James found a small kitten that had pus coming out of his eyes and missing most of its hair with only a little bit of patches of hair left. James said “Everything will be okay. I’m going to take you home and my mom will give you a bath and some medicine.” James tries to help and save Smokey even though in the end of the story James can’t do anything to stop his brother from putting Smokey down. James never wants to kill animals because, “I will never work for Dr.Milk” and “I will never go hunting with my father” means that he will not kill or harm any animals. Once again James is admirable character because he is very caring towards any animals, he tries to save and help Smokey, and because he never wants to kill