Elizabeth cares more about Roy than she does about John.
Explanation:
"The Rockpile" is a short story by American creator James Baldwin. At first distributed in 1965 as a major aspect of his compilation, Going to Meet the Man, it returns to a large number of the characters of Baldwin's prior Depression-time novel, Go Tell it on the Mountain. The story happens in Harlem, following John who attempts to prevent his sibling Roy from stirring up some dust with a few young men on a stone heap in their neighborhood. Whenever Roy, obviously, gets injured, his dad accuses John, who is just his stepson. The young men's mom, Elizabeth, goes to bat for John, yet without much of any result. The story was acclaimed for its topics of hostility and familial connection in African-American families in Jim Crow-time America.
