Friday, July 17, 2009
Week 4 Question 11
The side of the tracks they are sitting on initially is barren and dry while the other side of the tracks is lush and green against a river. The American moves the two heavy bags from the barren side to the fertile side. The physical act of moving the bags to the right side of the track shows that the couple is proceeding with the plan to have the abortion, but the scenery change and the indecisive dialogue in the story leads the reader to conclude that in the end Jig will decide that there will be no abortion.
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Maybe it does not matter what the sides of the tracks are, but simply that they are different. Thus by moving the heavy bags from one side of the tracks to the other that represents change and with that parallels change in Jig's life. Change being having or wanting to have a baby. This may even be subconscious and not realized at the time until, like you said, the end makes you think that the abortion surely will not happen.
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