[She had never felt the urge to protect someone like she did Arthur. In her eyes, he was still a boy unsure of himself and his own convictions, struggling in the shadow of his father and afraid to fly on his own.]

Arthur, it does not matter what your father believes if you do not share those convictions...you are allowed to think differently than him. He has no power over you that you do not let him have. Standing up to your father makes you a better man...and I am so proud you are willing to do it, and recognize it was not a mistake.