Matthew Klams Adina Astrid Chipewee Jasmine Analysis

Klam (102)alternates the story between Julia the events that lead to her being admitted in the hospital and Kevin’s errands while avoiding going back home. After the struggles and the ordeals between the two protagonists, the story ultimately takes shape in the hospital, where Kevin is present for the delivery of his child. In essence, Klam’s “Adina, Astrid, Chipewee, Jasmine” focuses on a woman in labor and undergoes personal and marital problems, with suspense being on whether the delivery and the baby will be safe. Through built-in narrative arc, Klem’s story explores the situation where the reader can foresee an event and prepare for the eventual occurrence, through the precipitated anticipation and expression of fear. The author alludes to the concept of built-in narrative arc to achieve the profluence of the story, with the knowledge that in spite of the challenges, the result will be the delivery of the baby.

Kevin’s essence of paranoia is integral for his character development since the past is brought forward to shape his current state (Kirchler et al. The past experiences as life challenge is integral for achievement of ideal audience-plot interaction and shaping the perception and interpretation of the story. The family is vital for improving the successful interaction and interpretation, since Kevin and Julia develop fear for developing a family and the inability to achieve the childhood career dreams. Kevin’s own unfulfilled promise in career and family upbringing are the ideal turning point for Klam to achieve his narrative goals and also to enhance the audience engagement. For instance, Kevin “…thought of things he’d never be,” (206), which are alluded to fear-factor that sprung the author’s opinions.

The scene that captures Ethan is hilarious and brings the commit relief into the otherwise a tensed plot that navigates between Julia and Kevin’s adventures. However, there is the navigation in mood of the audience, which work towards changing the outcome of the story and making the author intentions unknown. For instance, the horrific heartbreaking in page 219 where “Kevin loved
her,
but
he
 never
wanted
to
see
her
again. ” These ironical situations make the story interesting and ideal for the audience and for the development of the characters (Moran 2222). Kevin’s character development is marred with internal conflict, which is told through the past experience and their relationship to the current trends in his life. Even the choice of diction and imagery used in the story underscores Julia’s physical deterioration as compared to the emotional and cognitive challenges that men undergo when their wives are pregnant.

The fear of fatherhood and the change of stature is what drives the clashing differences in the perception, response, and levels of preparedness of the two characters to the impending birth of their child. The author’s description of Julia and the response to her physical responsiveness indicates that she would be a bad mother. This is also indicated on the description of the events that led to labor, hospitalization and the ultimate development of anesthesia (Klam 209). In essence, the physical and mental struggles do not show in the situation of men, who are obsessed with emotional imbalance that is characterized by the issues that surrounded the pregnancy. Women will do whatever they want during pregnancy, including the desire by men to treat them effectively.

However, they are embroiled in physical change challenges that men do not experience. However, Klam convinces his readers that the struggle to accepting fatherhood is more demanding that being a mother as witnessed in the life of Kevin. For instance, the feeling of “sweat run down his back, as the white-hot rage of a thousand burning suns stoked his belly” shows the struggles with acceptance of fatherhood at a time when he felt low self-esteem and worth as he had not accomplished most of his childhood professional and career dreams (Kirchler et al. The fear and challenge of decision-making forms integral part of the story as Kevin contemplates killing his pregnant woman owing to the series of stories, he had heard about men who did the same.