He’s an everyman that does what most people would do, only he’s got a slight edge over most people because he’s got some skills.
He shows remorse for leaving the wounded man and gets himself in trouble (I’ll just leave it at that) for acting on that remorse. You can feel like he at least has some sort of moral compass going back to give the guy water.
I think he’s easy to root for because if you rolled up on that amount of cash lost between a group of trash humans, what would you do?
All Quiet on the Western Front by Remarque. There’s no glory in dying in a rich man’s war.
Blood Meridian by McCarthy. An unnerving look at the baseline of rough human beings.
I might need to look at some more positive stuff 😬