There is no love comparable to that of a mother’s love for
her child. We see this in everyday life that most mothers go to the ends of the
earth to protect and do what is best for their children. In the Leap of Ka Likai a family is torn apart when the father is killed. The widowed woman
clings to her only child even more closely because she is all that she has
left. She goes on to marry another man begrudgingly because she knows that she
alone cannot provide for her little girl. The man she married was a cruel and
terrible one and made her do all the work. While she was away one day her
husband killed her baby, cooked her in a stew, and then fed it to his
unsuspecting wife. When she discovered what he did she flung herself off the side
of cliff over a waterfall to kill herself.
In this story we see three acts of the mother putting her
child over herself. First is when she marries the second man. She loved her
first husband very much and had no desire to take another. She knew however,
that she alone could not work and care for the baby and give her a life she
felt she deserved. So she married. The second act was when she went to work in
place of her husband. The woman still clung to the notion that being married
provided her child with a better future so she did as she was told and went to
work. Lastly was when she discovered the demise of her child and flung herself
off a cliff because she couldn’t bear the grief. This was the mother’s ultimate
sacrifice for her child because she couldn’t stand the thought of living in a
world without her precious child.
The mother n this story perfectly embodies any good mother
who loves her children. A true mother puts her children above all else and will
do anything and everything for them. This story unfortunately had a really sad
ending but it showed the strength of a mothers love knows no bounds.
No comments:
Post a Comment