When the Legends Die In the book When the Legends Die by Hal Borland,Tom is influenced by many people.As his settings change, new people influence him to change his personality.The three main influences of Tom are his mother Bessie, Red Dillon and Mary Redmond. His biggest influence out of everyone would be his mother Bessie.She teaches Tom about the old ways, how to fish, chant and weave baskets.Basically she taught …showed first 75 words of 397 total…

…showed last 75 words of 397 total…was going to do when he go out of the hospital. At first he wanted to go back to riding but decided to take some time off. In conclusion in the book When the Legends Die by Hal Borland, the main character Tom was influenced by a lot of people.The three main people were Bessie, Red Dillon and Mary Redmond.He was influenced by them to make certain decisions and actions during his life.