Crossroads: An Author Self-Interrogation Chapter 2

Okay. Finally starting on Chapter 2. I think I'm still going with Staff of Oaken Wood.

1). What does your protagonist want in this story?
Tomi, the protagonist, wants more than anything to go home. Home, to him, is memories of love and comfort that he yearns for. The reason he wants it so badly is because he cannot have it; he cannot go home.

Is this desire significant enough to make a reader also want it for your character? It's significant for Tomi; it drives his actions throught the entire story. That, and fear. I can only hope it is significant enough for a reader.

Is this desire significant enough to make a reader want it for your character through the length of an entire book, as long as the character wants it for herself?
Well, it's only a short story, so perhaps that will help.

Or--does this desire, sooner or later, pale into "Who cares?" territory for the reader?
Who knows? Time and readers will tell.