'The Great Injustice' and 'The Merry Maid' for me are two short stories worth read nowadays. Unintended pregnancy is a serious issue which is spread to the entire world. If that single mother can handle the situation and deliver tha baby to this world, then it is can be accepted. But, most of them seek an abortion. Why do they must kill the innocent baby??
In “A Great Injustice” by Heah Chwee Sian, the unintended pregnancy and abortion can be clearly seen through the main character, Ah Nya. Ah Nya is a teenager who had an abortion at the young age because of the society’s perception towards single mother who had an unintended pregnancy. Ah Nya was forced to do an abortion because she didn’t want her family get the shame from the sin that she have done. Although she know that abortion is sinful and not good for her health, he made that decision without thinking much, so that her family cannot be blamed and get the shame for what she have done.
In the other story, “The Merry Maids” written by Dr Jayakaran Mukundan, the issue is the same as in the story “A Great Injustice” by Heah Chwee Sian. It is all about a single mother who has been influenced by the society in making her decision to give her daughter to a family that has a good name in society. As a summary, the protagonist of the story, Lakshmi has a baby as a result from her relationsip with Shanmugam at school. She thinks she can’t raise her own daughter with her own hand. It is all because of the power of the society’s perception to a single mother with a big problem in her life when the baby’s father got caught in a robbery. She thinks she cannot raise her daughter in this kind of situation where her daughter will grow up in a bad influence and environment.
In conclusion, both stories have shows the reader a great value of life. Although in the story "The Merry Maids", the baby was passed to the other hand, it shouldn't be like that because, the mother herself should raise the baby with her own hand.
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