The Grave by Katherine Anne Porter

The Grave "The Grave," by Katherine Anne Porter, is about two young children's lives and how their past affected them while growing up. Both Paul and Miranda are related as brother and sister.Paul was a twelve year old boy who really enjoyed hunting and gathering skeletons.Miranda was a nine year old girl who use to like shooting targets, and grew up as a tomboy. They used to live in Louisiana and then later on they moved to Texas. After they moved down to Texas, their family purchased a small farm and they made a small cemetery in the corner of the farm. After their grandmother passed away, she was buried alongside of her husband and many other close relatives on the cemetery she had used from her farm. Unfortunately, the piece of land that was being used as a cemetery for the family burials was on sale.Later on the land was officially sold and didn't belong to them no longer. Both Paul and Miranda on the other hand still played around the land that was prohibited from them to go. For fun they would hunt and shoot arrows at animals that were at sight. They went multiple times to the cemetery to play,until one day that Paul discovered a gold ring and Miranda found a screw head. Both Paul and Miranda traded what they had discovered in the cemetery and enjoyed what they had.Miranda wore the gold ring on her thumb; which fit perfectly on and Paul admired the screw with his eyes thinking that it would bring him peace. When the trading was official they both headed back home together. Days later Miranda saw an old lady, who reminded her of her own grandmother, and conversed with her. After Miranda finished her conversation with the old woman, her perspective about everything she knew or thought had changed that day. She had realized that hurting animals wasn't what she wanted to do anymore. Paul being the brother and boy that he is, took her to hunt rabbits and skinned them in front of Miranda's eyes. Then he offered to let Miranda skin the rabbits, but she refused her