The Fifth Child
The word "monster" has many definitions. Some define it as a creature having a frightening or strange appearance. It is also defined as one that inspires horror or disgust. Ben certainly fits into all of these categories.
He was different right from pregnancy. He looks extremely frightening, almost like a Neanderthal. Ben is an outcast even in an institution for "nature's mistakes." From the moment Harriet became pregnant it was apparent to her that something was obviously wrong. She loved having children and had planned on a total of eight or perhaps even ten. However, something was different this time.
Early in the pregnancy, she began feeling ill. She had been keeping herself very busy in order not to feel the "demands" from the new being. It was unlike anything she had known before. At five months the pain was so intense that
Harriet began taking tranquilizers. Even during her pregnancy, Harriet began referring to Ben as the "monster." During a conversation with Dr. Brett after he refused to induce the baby, she is quoted as saying, "It's because you don't want to. It's not you who is carrying this" (She cut off monster afraid of antagonizing him.) (p. 47) At eight months she went into labor. Although she had never gone to the hospital before for her other deliveries, this time she insisted. This shocked everyone, especially her husband David.
Ben was not your typical baby. ...
In this essay, the author
- Opines that the new being was busy in order not to feel the 'demands' from the old being.
- States that ben was eleven pounds at birth. he came out fighting the whole world.
- Narrates how he's like a troll, or goblin or something.
- Opines that they decided it was best if they put ben into an institution. a small black van came.
- Opines that it was a horrific place that kept all children from becoming part of society.
- Narrates how the child had to remain in a strait jacket 24-hours-a-day.
- Analyzes how he refused to induce the baby, she is quoted as saying, "it's not you who is carrying this."
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- Describes the reasons why she chooses not to keep the baby.
- Opines that it is only those who behave or dress in such a way.
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- Explains how a young girl could handle having no one to turn to.
- Opines that it is fair on the child having to be in a good finical status.
- Asks whether it's fair for a mum to have to watch her new baby or her own childhood.
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- Analyzes how hemingway depicts the man as a tough, learned, common, and constantly in control of himself and the circumstances before him.
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- Describes how amy encouraged j.b. to push during each contraction and rest before the next one. the student nurse was the main person to fetch ice water, wet wipes, and warm blankets when needed.
- Opines that if j.b.'s primary ob provider had been in town, the delivery would have gone a different way.
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- Narrates how they met with j.b. and her husband, who had decided not to circumcise their baby due to religious preferences, and gave him the hepatitis b vaccine.
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- Analyzes how makes the reader believe that jig is someone who loves to travel the world and try new things in life, but seems bored of doing the same things.
- Analyzes how jig is being manipulated by her partner, the american, by oversimplifying an unplanned pregnancy and pushing her to have it.
- Analyzes how hemingway proves the american to be the upper hand in the relationship by proving how he controls jig.
- Analyzes how hemingway clearly proves that jig is hopeless. without the american there is no way that she can pull this off.
- Analyzes how the american and jig refuse to communicate and listen to one another, and makes the reader see that communicating is always the key.
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- Explains that fiske's five unifying themes in social psychology are core social motives that impact human interaction.
- Explains fiske's social needs model, which stands for belonging, understanding, controlling, enhancing self, and trusting. the core social motive is belonging.
- Explains that they will give a definition of each social need and an example for each need.
- Explains the social need of belonging stems from our need to belong to a specific social group and create bonds that impact our health.
- Defines understanding as our need for shared meaning of our environment and a certain amount of predictability. the social need of understanding is the strong need to understand their environment.
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- Explains that enhancing self is the social need that they will focus on. they will include articles that define this need.
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- Describes the wretch as a monstrous version of elizabeth, her child, brought forth by her own hand. she has forsaken, cast me aside, and thus made me miserable.
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- Argues that gender isn't a big issue for many characters, but the difference between heroes and heroines is subtle.
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- Analyzes the qualities of ideal female characters, the female heroes, and not male ones. aerith and tifa, rinoa and celes are all disappointingly bouncy during some part of the games they appear in.
- Analyzes how d'artagnan and his three musketeer friends are trying to save the queen from a plot by the cardinal to destroy her.
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- Opines that they like more guy heroes than girl heroes because there's a reason for them to be girls, which makes them less heroic and more like women.
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In this essay, the author
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- Analyzes how albom uses aristotle's appeals to shed light on the controversy.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how hemingway creates tension filled dialogue between an american man and a girl, jig, during the thirty-five to forty-minute period. they discuss whether or not the "simple operation" for an abortion should take place.
- Analyzes how jig's gaze upon the grain can be her thinking of the possibility of keeping the baby or evidence of a growing family. the bead curtain can represent the american’s choice to have the abortion or not.
- Analyzes how hemingway uses repetition several times throughout the dialogue of the characters. the repetition of "white elephants" symbolizes innocence or purity which can represent a baby.
- Analyzes how jig's decision against abortion is shown through her looking at both of her choices and how it might change her life.
- Analyzes how the dialogue plays a significant role in hemingway's writing of jig thinking over her options and determine whether the man actually means what he says.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the couples in ernest hemingway's "hills like white elephants" and "good people" were thrown a curve ball. the woman had the most important decision to make and the men had to decide to support the women in the lives.
- Analyzes how sheri and lane are in a predicament, faced with the choice to keep the baby or to have an abortion.
- Analyzes how sheri and lane dean jr. are more comfortable having the baby out of wedlock than having an abortion.
- Analyzes how the characters in "good people" and "hills like white elephants" choose the same solution based on how they were brought up and the emotions they may feel at the time.
- Analyzes how the tone in which sheri answers the question "do you feel better" shows that she is going along with the abortion just to please the american.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how ernest hemingway's "hills like white elephants" portrays jig as a sarcastic yet reserved woman who wants to bring life into the world even if her companion doesn't approve.
- Analyzes how jig can be perceived as sarcastic, which does not express how she is feeling inside about the idea of abortion.
- Analyzes how jig wants to keep her precious baby and progress with her companion. however, she doesn't want to travel and repeat her adventures for the rest of her life.
- Analyzes how jig isn't motivated to tell her companion how she feels about the abortion. she wants to make him happy and not argue about it.
- Analyzes how jig's companion was polite to her. he would try to help and comfort her needs. the conflict only makes her realize how to deal with the situation of the abortion.
- Analyzes how jig realizes her desires, motivations, and traits convey her needs. the story implies how the companion felt, not how she felt about the abortion.
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