Krik? Krak! post 1

Preserving innocence is a huge role in Krik? Krak! As discussed in class in “Children of the Sea” the female readers’ innocence is trying to be preserved by her over protective father. In “Night Women” innocence is also a huge role. In “Night Women” a mother trying to protect the innocence of her son. In the story the mother is a prostitute. The mother has her clients come to the house at night while her son is asleep.  The mother dresses up at night waiting for her clients and when the son asks why, the mother says she is dressing up for an angel. I think that the mother is really embarrassed of what she does. She is very worried that one day her son will find out when he get older. I think that the mother is hiding so much from her son because she doesn’t want him to grow up faster than he has to. The mother even has a plan if the son ever sees her; she will say that it is his father. I also think she is trying to protect him about the reality of his father as well. This story demonstrates the desperate lengths a mother would go to for her son. In order to give her son a good life the mother is essentially ruining her own. I don’t completely understand this theme of giving up everything you have for your child; I don’t think anyone can understand it until they have a child of their own. This example of love is so unconditional and it shows the strong bond between parents and their children. Parents are always trying to give their child better then what they had and they will go to any length to give it to them. I think that the angel in this story is a symbol of the child’s innocence. As long as the child still believes that there is a fairy he will never know the truth about his mother.