In all matters, he holds his family's will subservient to his own. Any deed he does not approve he quickly classifies as wicked or sinful and, therefore, prohibited.
Gabriel interprets the father's role as protector: to feed, to clothe, to provide shelter, and to insure the holy status of his family's souls even if he must beat them into compliance. We discover that Gabriel apparently endorses the popular, biblical notion of family structure at that time which dictated that the male has the power in the family. When the reader is introduced to Gabriel, he remains unnamed through the descriptive perspectives of his children, John, Roy, and Sara, and his wife, Elizabeth. At first glance, Gabriel is easy to dislike and easier yet to misinterpret.
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