Often in a story, the protagonist is a character who is righteous and honourable. In Patrick DeWitt’s The Sisters’ Brothers however, this is not the case. The protagonist, Eli Sister’s, struggles between good and evil decisions; and these decisions have positive and negative impacts on his life. Eli Sisters decision to work as a hitman has negative impacts on his life. He obtains injuries, and loses his horse as a result of his job as a hitman. He is forced to deal a woman who hates him, and tries to curse both him and his brother as a result of their decision to work as hitmen. Eli’s job as a hitman causes him to be dissatisfied with his life, and to look at other people's jobs with a sense of jealousy. Furthermore, when Eli makes the