In addition, Rip warned his son to not swim in the Gulf since there was a red tide. remembers his father locking him in the closet when he was bad. Though not present in The Old Blood and The New Order, B.J. Either way, he allows his son and wife to bury her in the front yard. can either shoot the dog, or purposefully miss, which will cause Rip to take the gun into his hands and shoot her himself.
Later that day, he punished his son by tying him to a saw horse, putting a shotgun in his hands and forcing him to kill his pet dog, telling his son that "the old and the weak are doomed." B.J. to throw vases at him until Rip strangled him unconscious. Rip slapped her unconscious, causing an enraged B.J. Enraged, he returned home to discipline him, but was stopped by Zofia, mocking him for not being the man she married. In 1919, Rip learned about his son spending time with an African-American girl named Billie and saw the two under the poplar tree. In a rare moment of compassion, Rip allowed his son to keep the gun so that the monsters wouldn't get him, showing some sense of care for his son, possibly for the benefit of his reputation rather than because he truly cared, or possibly so that B.J. When his son began having nightmares about monsters in their basement, he decided to help his son, giving him a weapon to fight them. to get his pocket watch from the well, as B.J.
Rip slapped William, ordering him to get it back, not allowing him back into the house until he did, considering the two bullies as having taken his "property". Despite Zofia's father telling him to shut down the business, he refused, with it continuing to fail, causing his best friend and business partner, Frank, to end his friendship with him and his employee, Archibald, to resign in disgust because of Rip's failure, dishonesty, and deviousness.ĭuring B.J.'s youth, Rip gave him a pocket knife, but it was taken by two bullies named Andy and Howie. This plan failed as Rip was actually a conman who operated fraudulent business, leaving Rip hateful, venting his frustration on the failure of his business onto his wife, son, and dog Bessie. In 1910, Rip married Zofia just to obtain her father's investment capital to begin his own business in Mesquite, Texas. Zofia became smitten with Rip, and the two met again at Uncle Anatol's that Sunday. At a Polish American society gathering on August 1, 1908, Rip met a Jewish girl named Zofia and made her laugh at a monkey joke.
Rip was born in America, to a poor Polish family with a bad reputation, which had moved to the United States to start anew. What more do you want from me?" ―Rip's excuse on his abusive past actions to B.J. And I guaran-god-damned-tee you I did all my might to pull you out. " When d’you ever do right by me? Disobedient, ungrateful, sense like a flat tire and a mouth like a sewer.