Exposition:
The story is about a seven-year-old child whose grandfather died. So, he had to live with his grandmother -father’s mother- in one house. That condition made him uncomfortable and depressed because he thought her grandmother badly. Her grandmother has a habit at dinner that she always drank a jug of porter and a pot of potatoes mixed with salt-fish.
Besides, Jacky was also suffered when his sister Nora always got penny from her grandmother while Jacky has never had it even little. Jacky hated her and it was shown by his attitude when Nora made him food, Jacky even put a knife and hid under the dining table. Finally, Nora complained to his father about what Jacky did. So, his father gave him a flaking; he didn’t speak to him for days.