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‘Clay’ is a short story by Lewis Grassic Gibbon written in the 1930’s. ... ’
Gibbon then goes on to express what Rob Galt was like, ‘lanky and long like all the Galts. ... Gibbon then goes on to tell us about him moving to Pittaulds with his wife who was thought of being, ‘a Galt wedded decent,’ and his ‘one bairn,’ his child, Rachel. ... ’ The idea of obsession starts when Gibbon describes how it was hardly a week before Rachel noticed a ‘queer – like change. ...
Rob’s obsession is described more clearly in the way Gibbon described how much he worked ‘ chave, chave, chave till at last you would think he’d turn himself into an earthworm, near. ... ” Rachel realised that he wasn’t talking to his daughter but to his land, so she then ‘hated Pittaulds from that moment,’ because of ‘how much he’d changed since he first set foot on its clay.’
Gibbon then explained how Mrs Galt had a pain and how much she wanted a doctor to call but all Rob could talk about it was how he must go to work on the land. ...
As the author of this story, Gibbon decided to describe how one mans obsession could affect all around him.
Approximate Word count = 1167
Approximate Pages = 4.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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