Structure

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Beginning

The short story "The Stone Boy" by Gina Berriault begins in medias res, with the exposition introducing the main character, Arnold, and his brother, Eugene (p. 1, ll. 1-2). A tension point is introduced when the narrator refers to Arnold’s unease upon feeling in a position of superiority: “To dispel emphatically his uneasy advantage over his sleeping brother, he threw himself on the hump of Eugie's body.” (p. 1, ll. …

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Middle

In the rising action, the two brothers go outside, preparing to pick up peas. The fact that Arnold taking his gun with him without being duck season (p. 2, ll. 8-10) foreshadows that it might bring devastating consequences and the sheriff’s suspicion that Arnold might have killed Eugie deliberately. The two boys see some ducks and prepare to cross the wire fence to reach the pasture surrounding the lake. A high tension point follows soon after:

Arnold pressed down the bottom wire, thrust a leg through and leaned forward to bring the other leg after. His rifle caught on the wire and he jerked at it. The air was rocked by the sound of the shot. Feeling foolish; he…

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Ending

In the falling action, we find out that Arnold’s sister ignores him, but his father does not want her to behave in this way. When Arnold finds out that a calf is missing and is probably lost in the mountains, he decides to get it, as this was once his brother’s mission. He also makes this choice because he doesn’t want to be around his family, which suggests his new ‘stone-cold’ attitude.

The resolution presen…

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