In the book When the Legends Die by Hal Borland, Tom is influenced by many people and their ideas. As his settings change, new things influence him to change his personality. The three main influences on Tom are his mother Bessie, Red Dillon and Mary Redmond. His biggest influence out of everyone would be his mother Bessie. She taught Tom about the old ways, how to fish, chant and weave baskets. Basically she him everything …showed first 75 words of 452 total…

…showed last 75 words of 452 total…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 and had alot of choices that would change his life.. The three main people were Bessie, Red Dillon and Mary Redmond. He was influenced by them to make certain decisions and actions that would affect him for the rest of his life. ,