Mistakes are common. Something everyone does, some intentionally – others not. An example on a big mistake is the short story about the 9-year-old boy, Arnold. Arnold accidently shoots his brother, but the fact that he shoots him, is not an important point in the story. Gina Berriaults write the short story. The major point is the feelings and reactions between the characters in the story.
Everything is through Arnold’s eyes and senses, it is told from a third-person, limited point of view. You can only see and understand other characters’ feelings through words and actions, but the story is mostly focused on Arnold’s emotions and feelings.
Straight after the accident, Arnold starts picking peas, which were the two brother’s actual chores. Instead of going right back to his parents, he stays, and pick the peas. He locks up, and without control, he shouts every emotion and reflection out of his mind. He is afraid of the awful truth – the brother is actually dead. When he arrives to his house, he is neither sad, scared or have a pang of guilt. We hear that Arnold fells as if he is in a lower position than his brother Eugene. The text says, “He never tired of watching his big brother1” Eugene is a role model to Arnold, and that is why it is very strange that he does not grief after Eugene’s death. Subsequently Arnold fells shut off by his family, they no longer shows him emotions and interest.
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