Week 2, Post B

Dear David,
You are one of the main characters in the novel The Memory Keeper's Daughter. Your wife recently had twins and you had to deliver them in your office because of a snowstorm. During that time, you made the split-second choice to send the baby girl with downsyndrome with the nurse to bring to an institution. What made you decide you couldn't have a baby with a disability? And what made you decide to lie about it to your wife? You say, "This would destroy Norah. I will not have her deystroyed"(30). You tell Norah that the baby died at birth, but i believe it would have been better of you to at least tell the truth and see what happens from then. Norah is already depressed about her "dead" daughter. She keeps saying, "I had twins, No one else will say a word about her. They act like since I have Paul, i ought to be satisfied. Like lives are interchangeable. But I had twins. I had a daughter too"(43). David, you thought that Norah would forget about it, but is forgetting wanting to go to the graveyard once of week to mourn over your alive daughter's grave? I think you need to talk to your wife because so far i realize there will be some consequences!
sincerely,
Claire O'Neill