In the story, “Tomorrow’s Child” by Ray Bradbury, readers are introduced to an excited couple who are about to become first time parents. Unconditional love is a reoccurring theme in the story, Polly never gave up on her “child” no matter what the circumstances were. The two major conflicts of the story were between Polly and the dimension, and between Polly and herself. In the beginning, Polly was stripped away the chance of seeing Py as anything other than a “blue pyramid,” she immediately fell into postpartum depression due to these circumstances. The plot of “Tomorrow’s Child,” is to show the time-lapse of a couple who is going through a difficult time. They are shown as excited in the beginning, but Mr. Horn is taken aback once he sees
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Polly loves Py with all of her heart, treating the blue pyramid as if nothing is out of the ordinary. While talking to her husband and their new child, Polly says “No, I didn't cry, Pete, because that's my baby. Or he will be. He isn’t dead, I thank God for that. He's—I don't know how to explain—still unborn,”(Bradbury, Pg 5.) this shows that she does not care that the “child” cannot be seen in human form, she still accepts Py as her baby. Throughout the story, she takes care of Py as she would any other child. On the other hand, Mr. Horn is uncertain about the blue pyramid child at first, but when asked if he wanted the institute the raise the child he immediately responded with “Thanks. But he still belongs to me and Polly. I'll give him a home. Raise him like I'd raise any kid. Give him a normal home life. Try to learn to love him. Treat him right,” (Bradbury, Pg 3.). The couple acknowledges that their child is different than others, but they both agree to care and love for him. The unconditional love for the child is shown throughout the story and brings the family closer in the …show more content…
The story introduces the readers to Polly as she is getting ready to go to the hospital to have her baby. The rising action begins when” Dr. Wolcott came into the waiting room an hour later. He looked like a man who has seen death.” (Bradbury, Pg. 1.). This let the readers know that something has happened and builds tension in the story. Lots took place during the rising action portion of the story, but the love from both Polly and Peter never wavered. The story built up the hopes of the couple after finding out that their child was born into a different dimension; they kept waiting for doctors to come up with a solution. As time went on tensions got higher and Polly hit here breaking point. The story even refers to the climax as “The big thing.” (Bradbury, Pg 9.) Polly flaunted her “child” to the whole neighborhood which caused quite a ruckus, and then everything went south. "Come back!" Polly waved at them. "Don't you want to see my baby? Isn't he simply beautiful!" He slapped her face. "My baby," she said, brokenly. He slapped her again and again until she quit saying it and collapsed.” (Bradbury, Pg 10.) Polly had gone crazy and she was hurting from the heartache of not being able to see her baby directly. The falling action took place after as they rushed into the institute to try and bring the baby to their dimension. They were given a choice to keep
Polly loves Py with all of her heart, treating the blue pyramid as if nothing is out of the ordinary. While talking to her husband and their new child, Polly says “No, I didn't cry, Pete, because that's my baby. Or he will be. He isn’t dead, I thank God for that. He's—I don't know how to explain—still unborn,”(Bradbury, Pg 5.) this shows that she does not care that the “child” cannot be seen in human form, she still accepts Py as her baby. Throughout the story, she takes care of Py as she would any other child. On the other hand, Mr. Horn is uncertain about the blue pyramid child at first, but when asked if he wanted the institute the raise the child he immediately responded with “Thanks. But he still belongs to me and Polly. I'll give him a home. Raise him like I'd raise any kid. Give him a normal home life. Try to learn to love him. Treat him right,” (Bradbury, Pg 3.). The couple acknowledges that their child is different than others, but they both agree to care and love for him. The unconditional love for the child is shown throughout the story and brings the family closer in the …show more content…
The story introduces the readers to Polly as she is getting ready to go to the hospital to have her baby. The rising action begins when” Dr. Wolcott came into the waiting room an hour later. He looked like a man who has seen death.” (Bradbury, Pg. 1.). This let the readers know that something has happened and builds tension in the story. Lots took place during the rising action portion of the story, but the love from both Polly and Peter never wavered. The story built up the hopes of the couple after finding out that their child was born into a different dimension; they kept waiting for doctors to come up with a solution. As time went on tensions got higher and Polly hit here breaking point. The story even refers to the climax as “The big thing.” (Bradbury, Pg 9.) Polly flaunted her “child” to the whole neighborhood which caused quite a ruckus, and then everything went south. "Come back!" Polly waved at them. "Don't you want to see my baby? Isn't he simply beautiful!" He slapped her face. "My baby," she said, brokenly. He slapped her again and again until she quit saying it and collapsed.” (Bradbury, Pg 10.) Polly had gone crazy and she was hurting from the heartache of not being able to see her baby directly. The falling action took place after as they rushed into the institute to try and bring the baby to their dimension. They were given a choice to keep