In the novel, "In My Father's House", by Ernest J.Gaines, the protagonists, Reverend Martin discovers that a man named Robert X has been walking by his house everyday and occasionally even sitting outside starring in. Robert X is fresh out of prison and is in St. Adrienne waiting for his black conference to come about. In the meantime a man named Elijah invites Robert X to Reverend Martins house for a party where Reverend Martin remembers that Robert X is his son. Reverend Martin faints unconsciously once he starts to wonder why Robert X is starring at him with the face of hatred. Reverend Martin stays in bed for a couple of days and continues to think, "Who is he?, Why was he there?" Elijah is sent to ask his friends and Robert X to come over and have wine with Reverend Martin.
KEY Points:
1. Robert X arrives to Virgina Colars door.
2. Robert X encounter Elijah while he's walking and receives a ride from him while they talk.
3. Robert X had been crying and drinking massive amounts of cheap wine.
4. Robert X's "stare down" with Reverend Martin had him faint.\
5. Reverend Martin knows that Robert X is his son.
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