<span>Realism is about recreating life in literature as it actually happened. Artists and writers strive to depict factual and real description of events that occurred in real life; no embellishments nor exaggerations. </span>
<span>Writers of realist novels acquire and practice journalistic techniques, the remain objective and strictly adheres to the facts of the matter.</span>
It depends on the relationship between each family member and how old his siblings are. if they are still like toddlers, well then they can't help obviously. Also who is Mitchell? A relative, a friend, a lover? that is also an important thing to note. I would either pick him or his father.
