Analysis Of A Stone Of The Heart By Tom Grimes

The novel A Stone of the Heart, by Tom Grimes, is a story regaling the accounts of a young boy’s life in relation to his broken family. It poses many situations and problems that come to face families over the world. Exploring the complex dynamic of this boy’s family, Grimes reveals reasons for why the family functions in the way it does and lessons of the consequences of certain actions in a familial setting. Rudy is the younger brother of Michael, the main character of this novel. For as long as Michael can remember, Rudy never spoke, let alone communicate, with anyone within the family. Rather, Rudy sought out another means of expression: he drew violent and demented pictures, which always remained unexplained. Michael’s parents yearned

Rudy was not exposed to examples of a sacrificial role model who pursued him endlessly. Rather, Rudy was smothered with isolation because he would not be reciprocal part of the family. Naturally, Rudy could only have learned what it meant to love others with conditions. He learned that if he would not fit certain standards, then he would not receive love. An instance of Rudy’s father being a conditional lover is when he demands money from Michael to go drinking again. He was willing to show Michael affection only if he got what he sought from him, which was any money Michael had. However, when Michael was slow to give his father the money, any pretense for love his father had

The most essential of these three is the idea of worth and love. This idea is the foundation for all other events that occur in a person’s life. It will affect their motivation, their relationships, and how they react to all events in life. From the beginning of a human’s life, unconditional love will or will not be shown to a person. That is the instant they learn to believe they are worth more than anything or less than everything. Having a solid foundation in unconditional love will teach a child courage, confidence, joy, curiosity, and many other invaluable traits because they know that nothing they do will cause the love in their life to dissipate. However, when parents treat their children with conditional love, they learn that their worth is based solely on their performance and ability to fulfill certain expectations. This breeds stress, self-consciousness, and other unhealthy