2. The central conflict of the story is introduced when Garnet is driving home from Toronto after delivering a pine dresser to a customer. As he driving a snow storm comes and Garnet can no longer see in front of him. So as he is attempting to drive his car loses traction with the road and the back wheels broke free. The car then hits a building. Garnet then is freezing so he goes over to the building and goes inside. To his luck there is a fireplace in there, so he can keep warm. Garnet then falls asleep, but is then awaken by what seems like people talking. “Eighty wish…go back!...no! Then, Stone…stone.” (Bell 54). This starts the conflict because Garnet learns that there is something strange going on in the place where he is. The conflict is then complicated when Garnet learns what the ghosts were saying. “It’s not eighty wish!” I blurted. “It’s Haiti witch! The men are cursing Hannah for a voodoo witch. They’re after her!” (Bell 186). This complicates the conflict because know that Garnet knows what they are saying he knows that he must stop what is going on to Hannah. He then finds himself learning more and more about her to help solve this mystery. The story is resolved when Garnet and Raphaella go and find her body buried in her house. They then carefully pick up the bones and remnants of her body and place them into a box that Garnet made. They are then chased by the ghosts who stoned Hannah to death, but Raphaella scares them away by tricking them that she has powers. They then bury her beside her husband’s grave so that they can be together.
2. The central conflict of the novel Stones is introduced the first time the main character, Garnet, heard “eighty wish… go back! ... No!” (Bell 54). This is because this is the trigger incident that led to all of the problems that came up later in the novel. Without this trigger incident the novel could not have proceeded any further. The conflict is complicated when Garnet goes back to the church and brings Raphella; she gets a bad feeling and says to Garnet “Something bad happened around here somewhere. Something evil. Garnet, please let’s go.” (Bell 107). If this dilemma had not happened, the plot would have not advanced any further. The novel is then resolved after Garnet and Raphella dig up Hannah’s remains and made the mob “disperse like blown mist into the trees.” (Bell 258). If Garnet and Raphella had not put Hannah’s spirit to rest she would have continued to haunt the church grounds and maybe someone else. This is how the central conflict of Stones is introduced, complicated and resolved.
The central conflict of the novel occurs when Garnet is driving home through a blizzard. After his car crashes he try’s to find a place to stay over night. He finds an old church. He decides to stay the night. However there is an eerie feeling to the church. That night Garnet hears strange voices. “Eighty wish…go back!...no! Then, Stone…stone.” (Bell 54). This is the trigger incident because the author is foreshadowing that the story will be based on this event. As the story progresses Garnet begins seeing more vivid dreams about a woman - Hannah. He learns that she was killed because people believed she was a witch because she was a healer. A group of men wanted to stop her so they killed her by throwing stones at her. The resolution occurs when Raphaella and Garnet decide to dig up her bones, and burry them beside her husband, Jubal. However they encounter a problem when trying to do this. The group of spirit men target Rapaella and attempt to throw stones at her, like they did to Hannah. However Raphaella scares them off by pretending to use witch craft. They continue to burry Hannah beside Jubal. In the end Raphaella and Jubal have no more encounters with the spirits, and come to a conclusion that at last Hannah has moved on.
The central conflict of the story is man versus the supernatural/paranormal. The protagonist, Garnet Havelock, is conflicted by the restless “spirits” form a tragic event that happened over a century before. The conflict is first introduced when Garnet takes refuge in an old African Methodist church. He hears the spirits re-enacting what had happened years ago. It is complicated when Garnet and his girlfriend, Raphaella, find out more about the history of the town and the tragedy that had taken place there so long ago. It is resolved in the climax when Garnet and Raphaella go to put the victim, Hannah, of a crass murder to rest in a proper grave with her deceased loved one.
the cental conflict in the story is introduced when the main character (Garnet) is driving home from delivering a item for a costomer in toronto. on his way home, a snowstorm rolls in and Garnet can no longer see where he is going. His van goes of the road and gets stuck in the snow. Garnet notices a small building and goes to check it out. He stays in the building overnight and hears people shouting outside. The conflict is complicated when Garnet finds out that the ghosts of the men are after Hannah. Every night, the ghost come back every night and stone Hannah to death. Garnet knows he has to do something about it. when Garnet and Raphaella go to Hannahs house to find her body, the Ghost men come after them and try to stone Raphaella. Rapaella tricks the Ghosts and they leave. The conflict is resolved when Garnet and Raphaella find Hannah's bones. They bury them next to Jubal in the church yard. The Ghosts go away when Hannah is reunited with her loved one.
In the novel “Stones”, the central conflict was that the history of prejudice and persecution in the town remains in the present. It was introduced when the main character Garnet was forced to sleep overnight in an abandoned African Methodist Church, because the snow storm he was caught in, forced him to divert off his initial course home, to survive the blistering cold. He heard voices that were chanting unfamiliar words, which made him curious, yet anxious about what was to come. “Then, like bubbles rising to the surface, one at a time, and bursting, I heard eighty wish… now…go back!...no!, each distinct word floating on a rumbling tide of rage and terror and, finally, hatred… It was as if the men were passing outside the church on their way somewhere. (Bell 53 - 54).” The voices escalated throughout the book, as the main character took a new job at a trailer park, near the church. A new voice was introduced into the story one night, which made Garnet’s blood curl, from the intensity of her screams. “Her cries had been enough to turn me cold, to creep into me like a damp chill. Now she called out in terror several times – Joo-ball, help me! – before her voice faded, leaving only the wind (Bell 124- 125).” It led Garnet and his girlfriend Raphaella on a quest to discover the identities behind the mysterious voices, and the reason why they were haunting him. After a revealing dream Garnet had, they determined the purpose for which the woman was haunting the area – she had wrongfully been accused as a witch, because she had power, and knowledge that contradicted the stereotype of a midwife, as well as an African Canadian, which were the reasons she was murdered by the gang of men. ‘“Jubal, help me!” She screamed. There was a spilt second, a frozen moment, when no one moved, as if her terrified appeal had paralyzed them… The men stood poised balanced on the edge of determination and indecision. The sharp stink of urine rose from the ground at Hannah’s feet and broke the spell. “Haiti witch!” someone cursed…“Stones! Get stones!” (Bell 198-199)’ Empathetically, Garnet wanted to grant Hannah’s spirit the peace and dignity she deserved, by treating the remains of her body to overdue respect, with a proper burial beside her husband. However, Garnet and Raphaella hit an obstacle as the gang of spirits came back to haunt Raphaella with stones, because they thought she possessed qualities of a witch. The battle turned physical as the gang surrounded Raphaella, with real stones and the intention of beating her to death with them. She was able to think of a cunning plan, by outsmarting the gang with determination, courage and modern technological advances, resolving the conflict once and for all. ‘“By the power of fire, I command you! Go!” My hand jerked. The tiny match burst into flame… Dropping their stones the men ran, dispersing like blown mist (Bell 258).” Neither spirits return to haunt the area anymore, as everyone was given proper justice. The struggle for societal justice within the community was ultimately, the main conflict in the story.
i disagree with Kristen because i believe that the plot becomes complicated when Garnet finally sees what happened to Hannah, and why she is so upset. As Mary said, that at this point Garnet relizes that he must help Hannah, otherwise she will never be at rest. However i do agree that the resolution occurs when the spirit men chase Raphaella to the river, and she tricks them into thinking she can preform witch craft.
The conflict of the story is introduced when the protagonist- Garnet- is driving in a snowstorm and is forced to pull over beside an abandoned church. To keep warm, Garnet enters the church and tries to wait out the storm. Garnet is disturbed many times during the night by strange voices saying “Eighty wish…go back!...no! Then, Stone…stone.” (Bell 54). Garnet thinks he is just hearing things and does not really take this event seriously. This is the trigger incident of the novel and is the start of all the conflict throughout the book. The conflict is most complicated when the ghost actually become dangerous to garnet. In one part, Garnet is actually under attack by ghost armed with large stones. “Something crashed against the wall. Get Stones! Another whack. Then another. Bam! Bam! Bam! A hail of vicious blows.” (Bell 183). This scene really captures the reader’s attention and makes he or she feel scared for the Garnet. The conflict of the story is resolved when Garnet and Raphaella- his girlfriend- go to the believed witches house who all the ghost killed again every night and dug up her body. They then took the bones and placed them next to the witch’s lovers grave. This for some reason rested the spirits of all of the ghosts and completely resolved the conflict.
The central plot of the story is introduced when Garnet is trapped in the snow storm and he has to stay overnight at the church, but while he’s there he hears voices saying “Eighty wish” (Bell 54) and a women crying. He thinks it’s just a dream but he soon finds out that it wasn’t a dream because he begins to hear the voices night after night in the trailer. The voices made him curious so he decided to go outside to check where the voices were coming from, and he realizes that they are coming from ghosts/spirits of people that lived in the community years before. Raphaella and he then research about Hannah, which is the woman crying, and why her spirit is still wondering after soo many years. Garnet and Raphaella want to properly rest Hannah in peace but while they were digging up her remains, the spirits of the men that killed Hannah created an obstacle for them. This obstacle was overcome by Raphaella because she pretended to perform a ritual which scared the spirits away, which allowed them to be able to bury Hannah together with Jubal, her husband, together peacefully. But throughout all this there was a conflict between Raphaella, Garnet, and Raphaella’s mom. There was an issue, because Raphaella was not allowed to date anyone, but then Garnet got fed up with her mom and decided to try to talk with her mom to work things out. But by doing so, he betrayed Raphaella’s trust, which resulted in them not talking for weeks. But in the end, they talk everything over and they apologize for what they did wrong.
The central conflict was introduced when the protagonist, Garnet Havelock, is trapped in a snowstorm and is forced to pull over. Stranded, Garnet finds an abandoned African Methodist church and sleeps in it to keep warm and wait for the storm to pass. During the night Garnet hears voices and becomes anxious to get home. “Then, like bubbles rising to the surface, one at a time, and bursting, I heard eighty wish… now…go back!...no!, each distinct word floating on a rumbling tide of rage and terror and, finally, hatred… It was as if the men were passing outside the church on their way somewhere. (Bell 53 - 54).” This is the trigger incident of the novel because what Garnet doesn’t know is that the voices he heard in the church will be the pieces of a mystery he is about to be enrolled in. The conflict begins to develop when Garnet brings Raphaella to the abandoned church and she gets a very bad feeling, this event foreshadows that something bad will happen. Garnet begins to have nightmares and continues to hear voices. It turns out that many years ago a Haiti women, named Hannah, who used herbs to cure flu’s and illness’ moved in the area with her beloved husband Jubal. After her husband died, Hannah was murdered and her spirit had been haunting the area for years. The men had snuck into her house and stoned her to death, just because of her race, as the attacked her they chanted “Haiti witch”. They had thought she was a witch because she used herbs to cure flu’s and illness’. The conflict was resolved when Garnet and Raphaella decided to put Hannah’s spirit to peace. They dug up her remains and had a proper burial for her beside her husband Jubal, finally putting Hannah to rest.
The central conflict of Stones, written by William Bell, is insightfully introduced as 18 year-old Garnet Havelock facing problems against society. The conflict was first introduced when Garnet got stuck in a big blizzard after returning from a small job he had to do in Toronto. After getting trapped in a snowstorm with no resources to attain any help, garnet is forced to stay overnight at the eerie African Methodist Church and wait for help. There while settling at the church, garnet witnesses strange voices chanting distinct things such as, “eighty wish… now…go back...no!” and “stone…stone.”(Bell, 54-53) the voices intensified to a point where Garnet was placed in a situation where the Haiti woman who lived over 150 years ago, now a ghost, Hannah was brought into the plot. At Garnets temporary resident at a trailer park, Hannah then nightly tormented Garnet with her cries of, “Joo-ball, help me!” (Bell, 124) these statements interested him and his spiritual girlfriend, Raphaella skye, to investigate on the reasoning of those cries. The couple were determined to discover the past behind the women and the church, and later discovered that the women was just waiting to be rested in peace with her one love, Jubal. The conflict complicated even more during the climax. (Bell, 199-200) During the conflict Hannah was accused for being a witch, and a group of old men, who were also ghost, grotesquely reenacted how Hannah had been killed 150 years ago. The conflict later finished In a mood of unity and peace because Hannah was placed in a grave with her lover and Raphaella clarified many questions Garnet had about Raphaella since the day he met her.
Taylor, although I agree with the points in the novel that you thought that dealt with the central conflict, I do not believe that the conflict would necessarily be considered “man vs. supernatural/paranormal”. Yes, the main characters’ biggest obstacle was created by spirits, but the spirits were more or less representing a massive number of people that believed in prejudice and persecution. They may have had different methods of obtaining what they wanted, in this case with stones, but they had the same objective – to hurt anyone that didn’t look or act the same way as they did. Thus, I myself, would think that the central conflict would be more about man vs. society, and the main characters standing up for the rights of innocent people who did not deserve the treatment they received, which is why Garnet wanted to give Hannah the proper burial, and why Raphaella scared the gang of men away forever. Other than that, I agreed with your reasons for when the conflict is introduced, complicated and resolved. :)
I agree with many of the points everyone has made. The main conflict in the story would be man vs. society, so I’m with Nadya on disagreeing with Taylor. Garnet and his girlfriend, Raphaella help Hannah rest in peace with her beloved husband, Jubal but, mainly other situations in the plot include other people from the community such as, their parents in the book. I also agree with everyone’s opinion on when the central conflict was introduce and complicated. But in regard to the central conflicts finishing in the plot I would disagree with most and say that it resolved when Raphaella cleared up major questions Garnet had for Raphaella since the day he laid his eyes on her. I believe this because those were thoughts Garnet through out the book had about Raphaella and once they were cleared up, there was more understanding and unity between the characters.
I also agree with Nadya and Maryam, that the conflict is man vs. society. This is because Raphaella and Garnet's main purpose in the book was to find out why the spirits are always appearing at night. But after they discovered more and more about why, Garnet found that Hannah's remains should be rightfully rested wuth Jubal's. But they were disturbed by these men that are trying to stone Raphaella to death. This is the part where man vs. society comes in because the spirits would usually be stoning Hannah but they sensed that Raphaella was somewhat alike to Hannah. I think this is a message talking about stereotypes, because everybody would have a first impression on someone without getting to know them this causes them to be stereotypical, just like the men, they're first impression of Raphaella reminded them of Hannah, which was why they decided to stone her just like Hannah. The author was trying to tell the readers that just like the men, society stereotypes many people all the time, and just cause they seem to fit in that "category", they still shouldn't be treated any diffrent from anybody, whether they belong in that "category" or not.
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2. The central conflict of the story is introduced when Garnet is driving home from Toronto after delivering a pine dresser to a customer. As he driving a snow storm comes and Garnet can no longer see in front of him. So as he is attempting to drive his car loses traction with the road and the back wheels broke free. The car then hits a building. Garnet then is freezing so he goes over to the building and goes inside. To his luck there is a fireplace in there, so he can keep warm. Garnet then falls asleep, but is then awaken by what seems like people talking. “Eighty wish…go back!...no! Then, Stone…stone.” (Bell 54). This starts the conflict because Garnet learns that there is something strange going on in the place where he is. The conflict is then complicated when Garnet learns what the ghosts were saying. “It’s not eighty wish!” I blurted. “It’s Haiti witch! The men are cursing Hannah for a voodoo witch. They’re after her!” (Bell 186). This complicates the conflict because know that Garnet knows what they are saying he knows that he must stop what is going on to Hannah. He then finds himself learning more and more about her to help solve this mystery. The story is resolved when Garnet and Raphaella go and find her body buried in her house. They then carefully pick up the bones and remnants of her body and place them into a box that Garnet made. They are then chased by the ghosts who stoned Hannah to death, but Raphaella scares them away by tricking them that she has powers. They then bury her beside her husband’s grave so that they can be together.
2. The central conflict of the novel Stones is introduced the first time the main character, Garnet, heard “eighty wish… go back! ... No!” (Bell 54). This is because this is the trigger incident that led to all of the problems that came up later in the novel. Without this trigger incident the novel could not have proceeded any further. The conflict is complicated when Garnet goes back to the church and brings Raphella; she gets a bad feeling and says to Garnet “Something bad happened around here somewhere. Something evil. Garnet, please let’s go.” (Bell 107). If this dilemma had not happened, the plot would have not advanced any further. The novel is then resolved after Garnet and Raphella dig up Hannah’s remains and made the mob “disperse like blown mist into the trees.” (Bell 258). If Garnet and Raphella had not put Hannah’s spirit to rest she would have continued to haunt the church grounds and maybe someone else. This is how the central conflict of Stones is introduced, complicated and resolved.
The central conflict of the novel occurs when Garnet is driving home through a blizzard. After his car crashes he try’s to find a place to stay over night. He finds an old church. He decides to stay the night. However there is an eerie feeling to the church. That night Garnet hears strange voices. “Eighty wish…go back!...no! Then, Stone…stone.” (Bell 54). This is the trigger incident because the author is foreshadowing that the story will be based on this event. As the story progresses Garnet begins seeing more vivid dreams about a woman - Hannah. He learns that she was killed because people believed she was a witch because she was a healer. A group of men wanted to stop her so they killed her by throwing stones at her. The resolution occurs when Raphaella and Garnet decide to dig up her bones, and burry them beside her husband, Jubal. However they encounter a problem when trying to do this. The group of spirit men target Rapaella and attempt to throw stones at her, like they did to Hannah. However Raphaella scares them off by pretending to use witch craft. They continue to burry Hannah beside Jubal. In the end Raphaella and Jubal have no more encounters with the spirits, and come to a conclusion that at last Hannah has moved on.
The central conflict of the story is man versus the supernatural/paranormal. The
protagonist, Garnet Havelock, is conflicted by the restless “spirits” form a tragic event
that happened over a century before. The conflict is first introduced when Garnet takes
refuge in an old African Methodist church. He hears the spirits re-enacting what had
happened years ago. It is complicated when Garnet and his girlfriend, Raphaella, find
out more about the history of the town and the tragedy that had taken place there so
long ago. It is resolved in the climax when Garnet and Raphaella go to put the victim,
Hannah, of a crass murder to rest in a proper grave with her deceased loved one.
the cental conflict in the story is introduced when the main character (Garnet) is driving home from delivering a item for a costomer in toronto. on his way home, a snowstorm rolls in and Garnet can no longer see where he is going. His van goes of the road and gets stuck in the snow. Garnet notices a small building and goes to check it out. He stays in the building overnight and hears people shouting outside. The conflict is complicated when Garnet finds out that the ghosts of the men are after Hannah. Every night, the ghost come back every night and stone Hannah to death. Garnet knows he has to do something about it. when Garnet and Raphaella go to Hannahs house to find her body, the Ghost men come after them and try to stone Raphaella. Rapaella tricks the Ghosts and they leave. The conflict is resolved when Garnet and Raphaella find Hannah's bones. They bury them next to Jubal in the church yard. The Ghosts go away when Hannah is reunited with her loved one.
In the novel “Stones”, the central conflict was that the history of prejudice and persecution in the town remains in the present. It was introduced when the main character Garnet was forced to sleep overnight in an abandoned African Methodist Church, because the snow storm he was caught in, forced him to divert off his initial course home, to survive the blistering cold. He heard voices that were chanting unfamiliar words, which made him curious, yet anxious about what was to come. “Then, like bubbles rising to the surface, one at a time, and bursting, I heard eighty wish… now…go back!...no!, each distinct word floating on a rumbling tide of rage and terror and, finally, hatred… It was as if the men were passing outside the church on their way somewhere. (Bell 53 - 54).” The voices escalated throughout the book, as the main character took a new job at a trailer park, near the church. A new voice was introduced into the story one night, which made Garnet’s blood curl, from the intensity of her screams. “Her cries had been enough to turn me cold, to creep into me like a damp chill. Now she called out in terror several times – Joo-ball, help me! – before her voice faded, leaving only the wind (Bell 124- 125).” It led Garnet and his girlfriend Raphaella on a quest to discover the identities behind the mysterious voices, and the reason why they were haunting him. After a revealing dream Garnet had, they determined the purpose for which the woman was haunting the area – she had wrongfully been accused as a witch, because she had power, and knowledge that contradicted the stereotype of a midwife, as well as an African Canadian, which were the reasons she was murdered by the gang of men. ‘“Jubal, help me!” She screamed. There was a spilt second, a frozen moment, when no one moved, as if her terrified appeal had paralyzed them… The men stood poised balanced on the edge of determination and indecision. The sharp stink of urine rose from the ground at Hannah’s feet and broke the spell. “Haiti witch!” someone cursed…“Stones! Get stones!” (Bell 198-199)’ Empathetically, Garnet wanted to grant Hannah’s spirit the peace and dignity she deserved, by treating the remains of her body to overdue respect, with a proper burial beside her husband. However, Garnet and Raphaella hit an obstacle as the gang of spirits came back to haunt Raphaella with stones, because they thought she possessed qualities of a witch. The battle turned physical as the gang surrounded Raphaella, with real stones and the intention of beating her to death with them. She was able to think of a cunning plan, by outsmarting the gang with determination, courage and modern technological advances, resolving the conflict once and for all. ‘“By the power of fire, I command you! Go!” My hand jerked. The tiny match burst into flame… Dropping their stones the men ran, dispersing like blown mist (Bell 258).” Neither spirits return to haunt the area anymore, as everyone was given proper justice. The struggle for societal justice within the community was ultimately, the main conflict in the story.
i disagree with Kristen because i believe that the plot becomes complicated when Garnet finally sees what happened to Hannah, and why she is so upset. As Mary said, that at this point Garnet relizes that he must help Hannah, otherwise she will never be at rest. However i do agree that the resolution occurs when the spirit men chase Raphaella to the river, and she tricks them into thinking she can preform witch craft.
The conflict of the story is introduced when the protagonist- Garnet- is driving in a snowstorm and is forced to pull over beside an abandoned church. To keep warm, Garnet enters the church and tries to wait out the storm. Garnet is disturbed many times during the night by strange voices saying “Eighty wish…go back!...no! Then, Stone…stone.” (Bell 54). Garnet thinks he is just hearing things and does not really take this event seriously. This is the trigger incident of the novel and is the start of all the conflict throughout the book. The conflict is most complicated when the ghost actually become dangerous to garnet. In one part, Garnet is actually under attack by ghost armed with large stones. “Something crashed against the wall. Get Stones! Another whack. Then another. Bam! Bam! Bam! A hail of vicious blows.” (Bell 183). This scene really captures the reader’s attention and makes he or she feel scared for the Garnet. The conflict of the story is resolved when Garnet and Raphaella- his girlfriend- go to the believed witches house who all the ghost killed again every night and dug up her body. They then took the bones and placed them next to the witch’s lovers grave. This for some reason rested the spirits of all of the ghosts and completely resolved the conflict.
The central plot of the story is introduced when Garnet is trapped in the snow storm and he has to stay overnight at the church, but while he’s there he hears voices saying “Eighty wish” (Bell 54) and a women crying. He thinks it’s just a dream but he soon finds out that it wasn’t a dream because he begins to hear the voices night after night in the trailer. The voices made him curious so he decided to go outside to check where the voices were coming from, and he realizes that they are coming from ghosts/spirits of people that lived in the community years before. Raphaella and he then research about Hannah, which is the woman crying, and why her spirit is still wondering after soo many years. Garnet and Raphaella want to properly rest Hannah in peace but while they were digging up her remains, the spirits of the men that killed Hannah created an obstacle for them. This obstacle was overcome by Raphaella because she pretended to perform a ritual which scared the spirits away, which allowed them to be able to bury Hannah together with Jubal, her husband, together peacefully. But throughout all this there was a conflict between Raphaella, Garnet, and Raphaella’s mom. There was an issue, because Raphaella was not allowed to date anyone, but then Garnet got fed up with her mom and decided to try to talk with her mom to work things out. But by doing so, he betrayed Raphaella’s trust, which resulted in them not talking for weeks. But in the end, they talk everything over and they apologize for what they did wrong.
The central conflict was introduced when the protagonist, Garnet Havelock, is trapped in a snowstorm and is forced to pull over. Stranded, Garnet finds an abandoned African Methodist church and sleeps in it to keep warm and wait for the storm to pass. During the night Garnet hears voices and becomes anxious to get home. “Then, like bubbles rising to the surface, one at a time, and bursting, I heard eighty wish… now…go back!...no!, each distinct word floating on a rumbling tide of rage and terror and, finally, hatred… It was as if the men were passing outside the church on their way somewhere. (Bell 53 - 54).” This is the trigger incident of the novel because what Garnet doesn’t know is that the voices he heard in the church will be the pieces of a mystery he is about to be enrolled in. The conflict begins to develop when Garnet brings Raphaella to the abandoned church and she gets a very bad feeling, this event foreshadows that something bad will happen. Garnet begins to have nightmares and continues to hear voices. It turns out that many years ago a Haiti women, named Hannah, who used herbs to cure flu’s and illness’ moved in the area with her beloved husband Jubal. After her husband died, Hannah was murdered and her spirit had been haunting the area for years. The men had snuck into her house and stoned her to death, just because of her race, as the attacked her they chanted “Haiti witch”. They had thought she was a witch because she used herbs to cure flu’s and illness’. The conflict was resolved when Garnet and Raphaella decided to put Hannah’s spirit to peace. They dug up her remains and had a proper burial for her beside her husband Jubal, finally putting Hannah to rest.
The central conflict of Stones, written by William Bell, is insightfully introduced as 18 year-old Garnet Havelock facing problems against society. The conflict was first introduced when Garnet got stuck in a big blizzard after returning from a small job he had to do in Toronto. After getting trapped in a snowstorm with no resources to attain any help, garnet is forced to stay overnight at the eerie African Methodist Church and wait for help. There while settling at the church, garnet witnesses strange voices chanting distinct things such as, “eighty wish… now…go back...no!” and “stone…stone.”(Bell, 54-53) the voices intensified to a point where Garnet was placed in a situation where the Haiti woman who lived over 150 years ago, now a ghost, Hannah was brought into the plot. At Garnets temporary resident at a trailer park, Hannah then nightly tormented Garnet with her cries of, “Joo-ball, help me!” (Bell, 124) these statements interested him and his spiritual girlfriend, Raphaella skye, to investigate on the reasoning of those cries. The couple were determined to discover the past behind the women and the church, and later discovered that the women was just waiting to be rested in peace with her one love, Jubal. The conflict complicated even more during the climax. (Bell, 199-200) During the conflict Hannah was accused for being a witch, and a group of old men, who were also ghost, grotesquely reenacted how Hannah had been killed 150 years ago. The conflict later finished In a mood of unity and peace because Hannah was placed in a grave with her lover and Raphaella clarified many questions Garnet had about Raphaella since the day he met her.
Taylor, although I agree with the points in the novel that you thought that dealt with the central conflict, I do not believe that the conflict would necessarily be considered “man vs. supernatural/paranormal”. Yes, the main characters’ biggest obstacle was created by spirits, but the spirits were more or less representing a massive number of people that believed in prejudice and persecution. They may have had different methods of obtaining what they wanted, in this case with stones, but they had the same objective – to hurt anyone that didn’t look or act the same way as they did. Thus, I myself, would think that the central conflict would be more about man vs. society, and the main characters standing up for the rights of innocent people who did not deserve the treatment they received, which is why Garnet wanted to give Hannah the proper burial, and why Raphaella scared the gang of men away forever. Other than that, I agreed with your reasons for when the conflict is introduced, complicated and resolved. :)
I agree with many of the points everyone has made. The main conflict in the story would be man vs. society, so I’m with Nadya on disagreeing with Taylor. Garnet and his girlfriend, Raphaella help Hannah rest in peace with her beloved husband, Jubal but, mainly other situations in the plot include other people from the community such as, their parents in the book. I also agree with everyone’s opinion on when the central conflict was introduce and complicated. But in regard to the central conflicts finishing in the plot I would disagree with most and say that it resolved when Raphaella cleared up major questions Garnet had for Raphaella since the day he laid his eyes on her. I believe this because those were thoughts Garnet through out the book had about Raphaella and once they were cleared up, there was more understanding and unity between the characters.
I also agree with Nadya and Maryam, that the conflict is man vs. society. This is because Raphaella and Garnet's main purpose in the book was to find out why the spirits are always appearing at night. But after they discovered more and more about why, Garnet found that Hannah's remains should be rightfully rested wuth Jubal's. But they were disturbed by these men that are trying to stone Raphaella to death. This is the part where man vs. society comes in because the spirits would usually be stoning Hannah but they sensed that Raphaella was somewhat alike to Hannah. I think this is a message talking about stereotypes, because everybody would have a first impression on someone without getting to know them this causes them to be stereotypical, just like the men, they're first impression of Raphaella reminded them of Hannah, which was why they decided to stone her just like Hannah. The author was trying to tell the readers that just like the men, society stereotypes many people all the time, and just cause they seem to fit in that "category", they still shouldn't be treated any diffrent from anybody, whether they belong in that "category" or not.
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