Loyalty is what endures in the end because he is determined to return home to his wife despite all of the obstacles in his way.
Because they tell him that they were arrested for singing.
A question that you could ask the author or a character is:
Author: How did you feel when you were writing this story? How did you get the idea of the plot and characters?
Character: When you were in the story, how did you feel about what you went through?
These are just my ideas :)
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