Ordinary People Chapter Summary

1. The chapter starts off very innocent. 8 year old Gloria is playing tag, make believe and telling stories to her robot Robbie when her mother suddenly call for her. Its clear that Gloria’s mother, Grace, is unhappy with the bond that her daughter has formed with Robbie and constantly pleads with Gloria’s father, George, to have Robbie taken back to the company where they got him from. George is able to reject his wife’s pleas but after a while he caves in and agrees to have Robbie taken back. In order to do so without Gloria finding out George takes her to the visivox and when they come back they tell Gloria that Robbie has runny away and in his place they have gotten her a dog. Gloria is devastated by the news and neglects the puppy to the …show more content…
George then suggest to his wife that they should take Gloria to U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc. to have a tour of the facility and convince Gloria once and for all that Robbie is not a person but in fact a robot. During the tour of the factory George asks the tour guide if they could visit the area where they have robots building other robots. Upon entering the room Gloria notices a familiar face (or metallic body) and begins shouting for Robbie. Grace confronts her husband with setting this up on purpose and as they argue no one notices that Gloria has slipped away from the crowed and has begun running towards Robbie. As she is heading towards Robbie a large tractor is heading her way. Everyone notices what is about to happen and as they are panicking Robbie jumps into action and gets Gloria out of the path of the tractor. After they have recovered from the shock of what could have been Grace finally agrees to have Robbie come back and stay with them. The chapter then ends with Sarah Calvin being interviewed and somehow its inferred that the story of Gloria and Robbie are linked to the