The Love Of My Life Analysis

The article “The Love of My Life” was written by T.C Boyle and issued in March 6, 2000. This story is about a young high school couple, China and Jeremy, who find to be madly in love with one another. They never did anything apart from one another from going to the mall to spending every day at each other’s houses; they were inseparable. China and Jeremy were like most teenage kids going through puberty, they had sex whenever they could find a place from the back of the car to hurried sex. Their parents were very laid back on their restriction on where they let the couple go. Senior year spring break, China and Jeremy, took on camping trip for five full days, where they thought of nothing but each other. Months went on and it was time for their …show more content…
Neonaticide referred to the killing of a child during the first 24 hours of life. In the story China and Jeremy decide “get rid of” (82) the baby girl rather than keeping her. Jeremy disposes of her body leaving her wrapped up in towels beside the dumpster. Imagine in our society if our community allowed for that action to be okay, more abandoned newborns would appear on the streets. Committing a crime scares people which causes them to think twice about their actions before pursuing them. Imagine in our world today if first degree murder were to not be considered a crime, do you think murder rates would go down? NO! So what make people think that abandoning an infant shouldn’t be a crime, is going to help lower the chances of it happening? In our society today it is very common for teens to become pregnant and not have the ability to take care of the baby. And because this occurs so often Hospitals, fire departments, and police stations have a “Baby Drop Box” where parents who aren’t able to take care of their little ones, can drop them off her in a safe environment. Once the baby is left, he/she will be entered into foster care. The community has adjusted to those are in need of help even though it is not the ideal scenario it helps keep the neonaticide rates down.
In the story “the Love of My Life”, Jeremy and China face a situation they never thought they would have to face, teen pregnancy. Due to the society changes in our world has created a huge impact on teen pregnancy, from free range parenting to considering neonaticide not a crime. These issues have influenced unplanned teen pregnancy to not be considered a dramatic change in someone’s life. People in our community should want to have a kid and be happy about it not think of different ways to get a responsibility off their