The Stone Boy Isolated by his family betrayed by the community and silenced by an accident Arnold Curwing a child shot his brother by mistake and his actions touched everyone In the short story The Stone Boy Gina Berriault walks us through a twenty four hour period of Arnolds toughest time not the death of his brother but the neglection by his family and community What started as a good day for Arnold ended with his world shattered with him having to grow up Abandonment is one of the important