Jerry is the patriarch of a family of four (wife Alice, older child Janice and younger child Bobby). He is an [[alcoholism|alcoholic]] who spends his money on his addiction instead of providing for his family. An argument with Alice (where she tries to stop him from spending their last money on alcohol) leads to her being injured (the children overhear the argument, and are watched for by Mrs. Jenkins, a Christian neighbor). Janice finds Jerry at a bar but he won't come with her; later, Alice dies in the hospital of a "broken heart" and Jerry does not come to the funeral, which leads Janice to begin hating him. | Jerry is the patriarch of a family of four (wife Alice, older child Janice and younger child Bobby). He is an [[alcoholism|alcoholic]] who spends his money on his addiction instead of providing for his family. An argument with Alice (where she tries to stop him from spending their last money on alcohol) leads to her being injured (the children overhear the argument, and are watched for by Mrs. Jenkins, a Christian neighbor). Janice finds Jerry at a bar but he won't come with her; later, Alice dies in the hospital of a "broken heart" and Jerry does not come to the funeral, which leads Janice to begin hating him. |