The characters in this story are: Gabriel the father: He is the overbearing, short-tempered father. John is Gabriel’s step-son: He is the quiet type who likes to read. He is not Gabriel’s real son, so, he is shunned by him. Roy is Gabriel’s real son: He is a rebellious, selfish boy, who is his father’s favorite child. Elizabeth is the mother: She had John before she met Gabriel, and is a kind woman. Sister McCandless is Elizabeth’s friend: She is a stern lady, with no allowance for disrespect. Delilah is the daughter she is about toddler age, although, the youngest is Paul, the baby.
“The Rockpile” starts with a description of the …show more content…
“One Saturday, an hour before his father would be coming home, Roy was wounded on the rockpile and brought screaming upstairs.” This passage is a foreshadowing of an event that will happen later in the story. Which gives the reader something to anticipate while reading the story. However, a lesson I got from this story is The rules your parents give you are meant for your protection. I gathered this lesson from the following lines in the story, “You children stay away from there, you hear me?” (The warning) “I’m going downstairs,” (to play on the rockpile) he said.” (The disobedient action.) “Immediately, one side of Roy’s face ran with blood, he fell and rolled on his face down the rocks.” (The consequence of his disobedience) These three passages from the book are in direct correlation and share a cause and effect relationship. Even though this story is mostly about Baldwin’s childhood, he didn’t make it a biography; he made it a
“The Rockpile” starts with a description of the …show more content…
“One Saturday, an hour before his father would be coming home, Roy was wounded on the rockpile and brought screaming upstairs.” This passage is a foreshadowing of an event that will happen later in the story. Which gives the reader something to anticipate while reading the story. However, a lesson I got from this story is The rules your parents give you are meant for your protection. I gathered this lesson from the following lines in the story, “You children stay away from there, you hear me?” (The warning) “I’m going downstairs,” (to play on the rockpile) he said.” (The disobedient action.) “Immediately, one side of Roy’s face ran with blood, he fell and rolled on his face down the rocks.” (The consequence of his disobedience) These three passages from the book are in direct correlation and share a cause and effect relationship. Even though this story is mostly about Baldwin’s childhood, he didn’t make it a biography; he made it a