The ghost boy affects Luke and his father’s relationship by embittering Luke and his father’s relationship. When Luke sees the Ghost Boy in the Klack Bros museum, he sees a Chinese spirit, a teenager the same age as him. He touches the Ghost Boy’s shoulder, and the Ghost Boy shows him the beginning of his death story as a laborer on the Transcontinental Railroad. Luke realizes the ghost is real, and knows that it has a sad story to it. He pulls back and realizes that the ghost is real, and the jar of ashes contains his remains. On the train, Luke and his father are eating when his father then reveals that he stole the ghost’s ashes from the museum. His father says that he wants Luke to get the ghost’s story and explain