Analysis Of Welding With Children

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Welding with Children In Tim Gateaux "Welding with Children" Tim explains brokenness when he sees what the family and the children are really going through. The situation they are in can harm them in more ways than one. In this story the children don 't know what kindness is because they aren 't showed kindness by anyone until the grandpa realizes this towards the end of the story. In "Welding with Children" Christianity comes into play when they look at things from a different point of view. In "Welding with Children" the grandparents have been stuck with their four grandkids that their daughters have brought over to their house. None of the daughters are married so they are out supporting these kids on their own. Well the grandpa gets …show more content…

When he talks to the men that call his car the "bastardmobile" what he 's thinking about doing they are all down on him and just tell him that hell never stick to his word. Grandpa relized that he was going to prove them wrong and he showed up at church Sunday morning and listened to the service and then after church service he then decided it was time for a true change around his house and junk yard. Once he goes to church and he realizes things he goes home cleans up his yard and removes all the junk vehicles and things. After he removes all of these things he then replace some of the things with kids stuff like a tire swing. He decides he wants to paint the porch and change the way things look for the grandkids. He wants his grandkids to change and show them how to live the right way in life. In Welding with Children you can see that brokenness to kindness plays a role in this story when the grandpa decides he wants to change the brokenness of the family and show them what life is really about. Christianity comes into play as well when grandpa realizes that it 's time to set a good example for his grandkids because he knows the parents didn 't have that growing up

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