* FAITH / RELIGION
Cassandra ( Sam’s mother ) was brought up as a catholic as a child , but as she grew older she strayed away from the religion and placed her faith more in herself than any higher power . This heavily influenced Sam when he was a child , and seeing his mother as this strong independent woman who has moved herself away into atheism - he began to assume that faith and religion ( catholicism mainly ) were a sign of weakness . He told himself as a small , angry eight year old that he would never put his faith in what other’s called God .
This view on religion continued only for two years —————— until his mother became ill . It was then that he saw a change in HER behavior . He would hear her crying in the middle of the night and find her on her knees , hands clasped together in prayer … She even went to church a few times , the days that she could actually leave the house . Sam then came to realize that faith wasn’t a sign of weakness —————— It was a sign that somebody so desperately wanted to become brave .
When Father Duffy took Sam and Nathan in at the boys’ home , at first Sam was undeniably angry with the God that the priest preached . His mother had begged for more time , for peace. But she’d been given nothing and she’d ended up thinking that she only had one chance —————— to kill herself . However - no matter how angry he was , he still went to the Father and gave confession and he even had a rosary of his own that he’d found on a desk - kept for himself in case of time of need .
Although he keeps his faith under wraps at most times and would perhaps refer to himself as an agnostic atheist —————— when times get tough , he leans on his faith as a real crutch . He still has the same rosary from his childhood and a torn and ragged bible that ‘s in his go back so that he knows it’s with him on jobs .
At Sam’s worst times ( when he’s feeling suicidal ) he automatically retrieves his rosary , and grips it tightly , voicing prayers over the beads only in his head . The day that he found his mother —————— she was holding onto her beads like a lifeline and if she went out that way - sam wants to go out the same way —————— if he goes.















