In the American Society each individual has an opinion on the topic of abortion, whether it be pro-life or pro-choice. People often wonder what goes through the minds of women who have these abortions. The question comes up "How could they do that to themselves and the unborn baby?" This question is often asked without looking at what the mother may be feeling. Most often the mother is not satisfied with her decision to aboard the baby. The poem "The Mother" by Gwendolyn Brooks touches on the theme, abortions do not make a person not a mother, it is whether there is remembrance of the unborn children and most importantly love for the unborn children. The mother in this poem realizes that what she did was wrong and she talks with theses unborn children to help them to realize that what she did was wrong and does not mean that she did not love them. "The Mother" speaks for women who have aborted their children in expressing their guilt, love, and goals for their unborn ch!
The mother that speaks in the poem feels guilt for abortin
In concluding, most women who have chosen the right of abortion have love for their children just as those who have given birth to their children. The mother goes through things within herself such as loving the unborn child, reflecting on goals that would have been possible, and guilt that what she has done was wrong. Most likely that questions that society asks of someone who has had an abortion are the same one that the mother is trying to answer herself. The author displays in this piece that the thoughts of a woman who has aborted her child will leave question within herself that she will never be able to answer because of her decision. People should not pass judgment on a person who has chosen abortion because each woman can make her decision and she will have to deal with her decision later.
Goals for the unborn children still go though her head in the poem. She speaks of goals that the children did not meet when she says, "Your luck, And your lives from your unfinished reach. The reach symbolizes the things t
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