Returning from Liverpool, Mr. Earnshaw mysteriously brought a young orphan boy with him. The Earnshaw children immediately cast the boy away; the first night "they entirely refused to have it in bed with them, or even in their room. (41)" Because of the ill treatment he endured from past events, he was a "sullen, patient child,… stand[ing] Hindley's blows without winking or shedding a tear. (42)" The parents named him "Heathcliff, (42)" after a former son who died early in childhood. Because of his dark, gypsy-like skin, it seemed that Heathcliff would always be the lowest in the family's hierarchy. Mr. Earnshaw, however, chooses to treat him as his favorite child, which allows Heathcliff to always get his way. Heathcliff quickly became a threat to the family's status quo and he knew it. He maintained this idiosyncrasy of using his status in the family to his advantage until Earnshaws death. At this point, Hindley returns home from college and assumes the head of the Wuthering Heights household. He immediately downgrades Heathcliff to servant status. This marks a major turning point in Heathcliff's character. The combination of Heathcliff's adolescence and Hindley's malevolent disposition toward him causes him to become rebellious and affectionate. Following Hindley's punishments, Heathcliff and Catherine often "forgot everything the minute they were together again: at least the minute they had contrived some naughty plan of revenge. (50)" The two of them began to become both physically and mentally attracted to each other, but because of his low status, it becomes impossible for them to be together. When Catherine starts to become fond of Edgar Linton, Heathcliff's first signs of jealousy impart upon him. He dreamed of alluring Catherine, "wish[ing] [he] had light hair and a fair skin, and was dressed and behaved as well [as Edgar], and had a chance of being as rich as he will be. (59)" Eavesdropping on Catherine and Nelly's conversation regarding Catherine's marriage plans, Heathcliff became overwhelmed with anger and ran away from Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff's love for her was so great; he could not bear being her losing her to Edgar.