The Stone Boy
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Many authors today try to take the reader on some sort of a "journey" by reading his or her story, but few succeed. The majority of tales written in the last 100 years appear to be hackneyed and dull. However, once in a great while, there is an exception. Such is the case with Gina Berriault's stor ....
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.... always the weaker and the subordinate. Eugie was a typical older brother-complete with taunting and when necessary, protection for his younger brother.
Arnold admired Eugie more than anyone and when the shotgun went off, Arnold was so devastated that he denied the fact that he had even shot his brother. He thought that if continued to pick peas, Eugie would get up, and tease him for being such a fool. However, this was not the case. Later on, when Arnold told his family that he killed Eugie, ....
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Word count: 521
Page count: 2 (approximately 250 words per page)
