In The Walking Drum by Louis L'Amour the character Mathurin Kerbouchard is looking for his father. At the beginning Mathurin has an abundance of gold coins and tries to find out the whereabouts of his father. He gets on a boat and asks if they knew him. He was unlucky and brought onto the ship as a slave. He convinces Walther, the captain, to let him pilot. He wants to go to Cádiz and finally persuades Walther to let him drive the boat there. In Cadiz, he sells the boat while everyone goes to a merchant named Ben Salom. He goes to Cordoba and meets Aziza. Aziza is royalty and they run away together. They go to Othman's castle and the guards find them and throw Kerbouchard in prison. He escapes and Eric wants to kill him. He meets a woman named Safia who will help him. Safia and Kerbouchard leave several times, but she is always there to help him. Kerbouchard finds Suzanne la Hansgraf who takes him on his journey across Europe. Suzanne leaves for Constantinople while Kerbouchard must go to Alamut. He finds his father there and they stay together until he leaves to find his lover. Some of the most important characters in the book are Safia, Suzanne and Jean Kerbouchard. The most important of all is his dad, Jean, because they make enemies along the way and still continue, Mathurin searches for his father throughout his journey, and his dad is his educator. Mathurin and Jean Kerbouchard create enemies throughout their journey. travel. Their enemies were some of the same people. Tournemine became Mathurin's because he was responsible for the death of his beloved mother. Since Tournemine was the assassin, Mathurin felt remorse for Tournemine and he attacked him and if Tournemine had not moved he would be in the middle of paper ......sequences of battle and defeat and can do better by him following. Kerbouchard's men learned this way but still have their wives to lean on at the end of the day. Jean Kerbouchard is the only person who is as important, if not more, than Mathurin for his spirit of teaching his son and for being a father while teaching. him everything. Mathurin would not have had the determination to find his father and go through everything he did if his father did not matter to him. He taught him everything he knew and needed to know. It made him determined to see him again and that was good for Jean too. He was able to see him again even though he couldn't see him because of Mahmoud. Parents are separated from their children every day and their children usually always find their way home. It's an instinct in children to find their parents and Mathurin has taken it to the next level..