in the short story "The Skating Party" by Merna Summers, it is evident that the choice uncle Nathan makes in the Stone Man situation is what affect to the one he makes in the skating party incident. initially we can see this because both situations involve a choice to be made out of obligation or desire;the choice involving the Stone Man is "a case of wheat and stones"(2)- to feed a family or preserve a part of Native history- and the skating party incident involves choosing between the women he truly loves or the one he is set to marry. Nathan "want[s] both" (2) things in the two situations, but he cannot have both, so he is stuck between choosing what is expected of him or his heart's desire. with this intention, he will do 'what he [has]
