What is the story "Separating" By John Updike about? i read it and i still don't understand the main concept it's trying to portray, and also what does the question "Why?" mean in the context of the story and what does the little boy mean by it? Thank you

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This article may help you.

http://www.atu.edu/lfa/Brucker/Engl2013/Separating.htm