The Mother’s Death
In a post apocalyptic world, I’m
sure that it is normal for anyone to think that all hope is lost and that
possibly death may be the best option for living in the current situation is
too filled with despair. This emotion clearly overwhelmed the mother to
the point that she felt she needed to take her own life. I would say that if she were alone or even if
it were just her and her husband, than it would be okay for her to kill herself. Her belief that eventually they would die of
starvation or that they would be murdered or she would be raped are probably
more likely predictions than them finding refuge. In that case it is easy to think there is nothing
to live for. However, she did have a
child to worry about and I have never known a mother that would kill herself to
leave her child to fend for him/herself.
It was completely selfish to leave him behind and I think she should
have tried to survive for as long as they could until all options were
gone. If it did come to a point where
the father would be captured and possibly tortured and she and her son would be
raped, I am sure that the father would then be prepared to use his gun to kill
himself and his family to avoid the horrors that they feared most.
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