Summary Of Boys By Rick Moody

The short story “Boys” by Rick Moody, showcases the relationship between twin brothers, and how events in a person's life can change the relationships they have with people. This story makes you reconsider the value you might have of family, as it did for me. There are some pretty notable parts of the story that can relate to many people's lives and their relationships with their siblings. For me it’s my sister and how our relationship has evolved over the years. This short story is truly relatable to most people with siblings in some sort of way, brings insight as to why some people grow apart, and can make you think about how a relationship with your sibling is the way it is. Reading the short story “Boys” made me instantly think …show more content…
The boys’ relationship developed differently than my sister and I. My sister and I grew up not very close, and then we had become inseparable; whereas, the boys grew up as a unit, and then hit a certain age where they grew apart. They didn’t see eye to eye, but a major turning point was when something drastic happens. “Boys enter the house, kiss their mother, she explains the seriousness of their sister’s difficulty, her diagnosis”(240). This was when they dealt with this information differently, and some could argue that this was the initial divide in their relationship. They both dealt with their sister’s death differently, causing a huge divide. In comparison, when my mother went through her episode my sister and I became closer, not farther apart. We saw this as a point where we needed each other, so we were there for each other. In the story there is a part where one admits to missing their brother. “One boy misses his brother horribly, misses the past, misses a time worth being nostalgic over, a time that never existed, back when they set their sister’s playhouse on fire; the other boy avoids all mention of that time” (241). They both truly miss each other, but won’t do anything about it. Maybe that’s the difference between brothers and sisters. We both might miss each other, but at least with my sister and I we try to make an effort; whereas, with these boys it seems to be a difficult thing to do. There have been times where my sister and I haven’t been on the same page, and where we have missed each other, but being the first person to reach out is difficult. I can see why these boys miss the past, when things were simpler. I do too, I miss the time where things with my sister we easier, but at least we still have a good relationship. As for the boys, we don’t know for sure or not if their relationship with one another got any better after their