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he Rockpile takes place in a small part of town where you can see the
whole street from your balcony or fire escapes. Roy is part of a large
family, and they are very strict. Across the street from their house in
an empty lot in between a couple of houses is where the rockpile is
located. It is a massive pile of natural rock coming right out of the
ground, and nobody really knows what it is there for. Everyday after
school and on Saturday and Sunday, boys would be found there fighting on
the rockpile. Roy's mother, Elizabeth, is religious and strict with her
boys and this guarantees that the boys are never allowed outside to
fight on the rockpile with the others. One day while on the fire escape,
Roy and his older brother John sat watching the other boys fight on the
rockpile. Roy got very tempted when some boys he knew called him to go
play on the pile. He got up, told John he would be back in five minutes,
and left. John was drawing an electric locomotive and did not pay much
attention to Roy as he played on the rockpile. When he did look up, he
realized that the fighting was getting out of hand, anything that could
be picked up around the pile was being thrown at each other. John
scanned the pile for Roy and finally spotted him as he moved to the top
of the pile while laughing. Then, out of nowhere, a tin can flys through
the air and hits Roy right above his eye and cuts him enough to make
him bleed all over the side of his face. After Roy gets back in the
house crying and screaming, being carried in by Sister McCandless, they
take him up and start to wash the blood away from his face. Everybody is
afraid that Roy's father is going to get mad at John when he comes
home. When Roy's father does come home, he quickly goes to Roy and
babies him, telling him its ok, daddy is here, and asking him what
happened. Because Roy's dad keeps favoring Roy and hinting that John may
be in big trouble, Elizabeth, his wife, decides to defend John. An
argument starts, Elizabeth gives Roy's dad a reality check, and leaves
him there by telling John to pick up daddys lunchbox. Then the story is
over, with Roy's father not doing anything.
The correct answer is C) to take care of the house.
Based on the character of Elizabeth in the "Rockpile" by James Baldwin, the mother's role in the family is to take care of the house.
James Baldwin wrote the short story "Rockpile" in 1965 to be included in the book "Going to Meet the Man." In the story describes the life of the family of Elizabeth (the mother), Gabriel (the father) Roy (son), and John (the illegitimate son of Elizabeth). The sons went to plat at the Rockpile, which they are not allowed to do and Roy gets hurt. The father is upset and blames Elizabeth and her illegitimate son for the incident. For this reason and based on the character of Elizabeth in the "Rockpile" by James Baldwin, the mother's role in the family is to take care of the house.
The other options of the question were a) please the husband, b) protect the children, and d) maintain normalcy.
