Haley Stone Character Analysis

The children looked around and all they could see was thick, black, smoke and raging fire around them. Mrs. Stone’s usual sweet voice was shaky and uneasy as she attempted to calm the terrified and sobbing children. They were trapped and possibly dying of the smoke they were breathing in and out. Every child was crying out for help and they did not hear any voice in return. They were hopeless as the fire was growing around them, moving closer by the second. All they could hear was the piercing sound of the alarm that would haunt them forever. Haley Stone is a kind-hearted, intelligent 36 year old. She was born in Alaska and moved to Colorado when she was 2.5 years old. She grew up in the town of Loveland and still lives there. Her mother, Anne, is 67 and her father, Mike, is 68. She has an older brother, Alan, and younger sister, Erin. She attended the University of Washington to become a teacher. She’s always had a way with kids and has known she wanted to be a teacher ever
Mrs. Stone was extremely scared of this as would anyone else be. Her tragic background made this decision even more difficult. Knowing what happened to her son, she does not want it to happen to her. If she died, she would leave her daughter alone with Dylan, which she fears. She knew he would take good care of her however she did not want her daughter to be raised without a mother and she wanted to always be there for her. However, if she stayed, it would put these children at great danger. She does not want to hurt them because she loves them dearly. She knows what it’s like to lose a child and it is the worst pain she had ever felt. She would never want to be the cause of this pain for another parent. If she could do anything to help prevent this, she should. She knows she must interfere and save her