January 7, 2015

Genesis and Catastrophe 

                      A women was giving birth to her son Adolf in a new hospital to her and her husband. She was nervous and scared of the birth of her child because the three children of hers in the past have all died from being ill. They all seemed to be small but the doctor was encouraging her that this new one was normal. The way the mother is described laying on the hospital bed was worrisome, as she has been through tragedy and it was obvious. The doctor was more supportive than the father was. He made sure Karla was convinced Adolf would survive and be a healthy baby. The mother Karla was too deniable, it was hard for her to hold the baby or just look at him because of the awful deaths of her children before. The father was so helpful stating that the baby was just like the other better yet even smaller. The plot twist is at the very end when the husband is forced to act kind to his wife Karla, the mother of his new born baby. Now, the wife was more reassured about the doctors statements of the baby's survival. This was the ironic part, it is clear that this new born was Adolf Hitler. Dahl writes about a couple ho has lost three children with in 18 months before this new baby and the mother really is begging for her child's survival. These characters represent real life people which creates an interesting way to look at any situation. Dahl uses them as an allusion weather readers get the message or not.