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The Stone Boy Short Story

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In the short story, the plot is an exploration of title“The Stone Boy” written by Gina Berriault. The plot events is where how the characters dealt with their emotions, specifically Arnold who is known as the “stone boy”. Arnold is a nine-year-old boy and the youngest of his other two siblings, Nora and Eugie. Throughout the story, Arnold felt inferior towards Eugie, yet simultaneously admiring him as his role model. Then, one unexpected morning an abominable accident occurred. The event occurred when Arnold and Eugie decided to pick peas. “Get up,” Arnold repeated. “You said you’d pick peas with me” (p.2). As they went to pick peas, Arnold carried along a firearm with him that he utilizes for shooting ducks. However, when they went out to pick peas and pass through the fence, Arnold’s gun got caught causing it to fire in the air. “His rifle got caught on the wire and he jerked it. The air was rocked by the sound the shot” (p.3). Consequently, when the gun fired, it went straight to Eugie who instantly died at the scene while Arnold proceeded to pick peas rather than running back to tell his parents. So, when Arnold went home, he informed his parents that Eugie was dead. “Eugie’s dead” (p.4). The parents did not believe it in the beginning because Arnold did not give any reaction or a vibe that something was wrong. Be that as it may, when Arnold was asked where his brother was and he did not respond, they immediately went to check it out while Arnold went to the barn to
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