Alienated In The Rockpile, By James Baldwin

In the story The Rockpile by James Baldwin the father, Gabriel, comes home noticing his son Roy hurt blaming his stepson John which serves as feeling of isolation and detachment by feeling neglected by his own father. As presented in the story, “‘How come you didn’t tell your mother Roy was downstairs?’ John said nothing, staring at the blanket which covered Delilah” (p.1090) in this scenario his father asked that question only revolving around John’s mistake and giving blame toward him having John scared not knowing how to answer ending the story with a beating “...as he picked it up, bending his dark head near the toe of his father’s heavy shoe.”(p. 1090 ). The father basically does not have sympathy for his stepson John leaving it alienated