Garnet Quotes And Techniques

Garnet is a socially awkward teenager who finds it difficult to communicate with other people. Through first person narration, you can see how the author of “Stones”, William Bell, differentiates how Garnet speaks to people he knows well, verses people he does not; he also shows you the evolution of how Garnet speaks once he is comfortable talking to them. Each of these different talking styles make it very believable that Garnet is a teenager. Garnet deals with conflicts with people he does not know well, in chapter seven, this would be his parents, by omitting information he knows they would not want to hear. At the beginning of the chapter, after coming home from the night of the storm, his parents are not pleased with him, as Garnet explains through first person narration, “By failing to come home the night of the blizzard I had thrown a scare into my parents, and, as usual, they eased their nerves by ranting” (Bell 57). Knowing it would only stir his parents up more, he simply glosses over how he really spent his night. When talking about how he never called them to let them know he was alright and seeing
He quickly stops being nervous around her and this makes him stop thinking so much and talking more. In “‘That’s why, when I’m here alone on Saturdays, I only do simple jobs like this one,’ I said. ‘If I get into a really complicated or delicate project, I lose track of everything else and forger to mind the store.’” (Bell 66), it is evident that Garnet is immersed in conversation and is no longer criticizing everything he says; this is shown through the lack of first person narration. Throughout this scene, Raphaella and Garnet are becoming friends, and, as you would expect from friends, Garnet is becoming comfortable with talking to her, which is a believable occurrence that would eventually happen to most