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Jeremy Vs China

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In T. Coraghessan Boyle’s story “The Love of My Life,” it centers around the teenage relationship of Jeremy and China who claim to be in love with each other. Their relationship; however, is centered around what a relationship is like in movies and based off of physical attraction to each other as well as being naive to what real love is. The relationship between the two is great until they encounter their first real obstacle in the relationship when China becomes pregnant. The egocentric nature of both characters takes over and there begins to be cracks within the relationship. Now they face the reality of becoming parents and they blame each other for the mistake instead of accepting their role in the situation. The love between the two …show more content…

According to Leonard Pitts, author of the article “Kids who commit violent crimes: Are they..spoiled?,” blames Amy Grossberg, the real life China for the death of her child, but does not blame Brian Peterson, the real life Jeremy. The biased view that Pitts takes does not seem to realize that it took two people to have a child and commit the violent crime they committed. Pitts says he struggles to understand how individuals can do this to a child, yet he only blames the woman. Brian Peterson had a role in the crime whether Pitts wants to accept that fact or not. Brian Peterson, although he advised Amy to seek medical treatment still played a role in murdering the life of an innocent baby. Pitts argues that the high class, wealthy upbringing has led to Grossberg not wanting a child and saying that she does not deserve to have the child. Grossberg is correct that she does not deserve to have a child if this is how she will treat it, but at the same time the innocent child did not deserve her as a parent, and did not deserve to lose its life. Pitts’ article seems to agree with the notion that the characters high upbringing has implanted the idea that teen pregnancy is horrible and society will look down upon the one pregnant. He writes that the pregnancy was an “embarrassment and an intrusion in her perfect life.” China is extremely unprepared to deal with the news of a child and fears the rejection of the society she belongs

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