How could you just send out children into the cold without a care in the world to their safety? Most people, let alone the mother's of children, could not, but the stepmother in Elizabeth Bishop's "The Farmer's Children" did. During class there was a lot of discussion about how horrible the two little boys' parents were and I agree. If the father didn't like to drink then he would have been home to send the boys with an extra blanket and if the stepmother would have cared just a little bit more she would have realized that the boys should not have been sent out to that barn in the first place. It amazes me as to how much these two people showed such little care for these boys. I don't think that I could ever send a child let alone my own child outside on a night like that. This story is one that really tugs at the heartstrings of humanity and I hope that we can all learn something from this.
Posted by Tiffany Brattina at May 5, 2005 3:57 PM | TrackBack