![]() ![]() Moreover, the responsibility for caring for him would fall on her. She would have to face a great suffering if forced to watch Plum descend further into his heroin addiction. Eva clearly loved Plum best of her three children. ![]() Eva gave her youth to raise her children and sacrificed a leg to provide them with a home and a steady supply of food. Loving another person can threaten the boundaries of his or her identity and personality. Morrison here makes the point that love is not merely a force for good she argues that it is rather simply a powerful force, without moral attachments, and as such it can cause people to act in both selfless and selfish ways. But love can also be a threatening force: Eva is unable to bear the prospect of watching her son sink ever deeper into heroin addiction, and so, because she loves him so powerfully, she kills him. Love provides the impetus through which a mother will do anything to protect and care for her children, just as Eva gave her leg to make sure her children were well housed and fed. What are some possible reasons for Eva's decision to kill Plum? How was the act both one of sacrifice and selfishness? How do her actions address the ambiguous blessings of a mother's strong love for her children?Įva's actions imply that it is possible to stifle or smother another person with too much love. ![]()
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