Summary Of The Mother By Gwendolyn Brooks

According to the Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, “More than 1 million women undergo induced elective abortions each year in the United States. The termination of a pregnancy is understandably a taxing process that could undeniably cause a heavy emotional toll on the woman aborting. No matter the circumstances on the events leading up to her making her way to the clinic, it is likely that she is experiencing feelings of discomfort, her mind could be racing as this is the final chance to say no. For any significant life decision society as a whole should agree that there are times where people find themselves second guessing themselves, because some decisions as in the very one a woman somewhere in this world right now is experiencing, are final
Her short, but meaningful poem presented today is entitled “The Mother”. This piece was a rather daring piece for Brooks to write as she wrote it in the year 1945, which I will revisit later on. “The Mother” in short summation is of a mother who was unfortunate to be unable to follow through with her pregnancies. After choosing to abandon more than one pregnancy she enters a state of remorse. She ponders about imaginative thoughts on what her life could have consisted of, had she granted her children with a life. She ponders on thoughts of what they could have become. She speaks to them in a way that would make one believe she had known them for years. Brooks wants to give a realistic approach to the topic of abortion through the story of someone who did it. She wants women to be more enlightened that if they decide to resort to abortion to end their problem, they very well may be faced with another problem after. As demonstrated in Gwendolyn Brooks' poem, some women experience emotional distress following an abortion. Since this may be an unexpected side-effect, women who are considering abortion should be aware of the possible emotional turmoil that may