A Day No Pigs Would Die

Why would it have to come to this? Couldn't Rob learn these things and have his father around to act as a council or guide? Yet we see how a young man finally becomes what he must ultimately be, following the death of his father. The main character, Rob Peck, sees life in a new vision now; a new-found light is thrust upon him. He must be the man of the farm, something that his father prepared him well for. The events of the story most certainly fit the maturation process all of us must face, some sooner than others. Nonetheless, a step we all must take in moving from child to adult occurs over a long period of time or very rapidly, but either way, it is a necessary step.