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Midst Of Lies Character Analysis

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In Barry Goupe in the Midst of Lies Sean McClure slowly reveals events and characters to that mold Barry’s character. The people that Barry meets and interacts with change who he is. Evan Edwards, a humble son of a billionaire, and Derek, Evan’s youth pastor, alter Barry’s life and points of view on the world. Barry soon has a desire to seek God; he learns to understand deep trust and turning a moment of seeking a desire for life-long understanding. Evan Edwards impacts Barry’s life by starting a fire for him to seek God. Barry starts out as a poor, insecure teenager. He is bullied in all the schools he has been to. At his new school Barry meets a young man named Evan Edwards. Evan hates seeing Barry be bullied. He tries to get Barry to

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