A gift of Baptism is the ability to love others as God loves
us. How is this ability seen in the woman’s treatment of the girl?
Although the girl may not be seen
as accepted in society because she does not care about who uses her body the
woman did not really care about that fact. The other men in the room told the
woman to not touch her because of how unholy she is but the woman did not pay
any mind to them. She helped the girl regardless of her social status. God
loves us no matter what we do and forgives us no matter how grave the sin we
commit just like the woman in the story did for the girl.
At the end of the story the woman says in regard to the
infant “I saved him.” What does she mean by that statement?
No one
wanted to help the girl give birth because she was considered a whore by
society. But the woman didn’t care, she wanted to save the baby. A baby is a
baby, it doesn’t matter who the mother is. The other people did not want to
even to help the girl but the woman did not care. She helped the girl give
birth to her baby boy. Soon after the baby was born, she baptized the baby
absolving his original sin. So “saving him” was really baptizing him. Saving
him spiritually by performing the sacrament of baptism.
The author describes the journey of the woman to her own
home. What is the purpose of this section of story? What is he trying to convey
about the woman through his descriptions?
The purpose
of this section of the story is to show how calm and spiritual the woman is.
The man with her could care less and was just bored. But she was actually
thinking about what she did and was praying the rosary as she walked along. At
one point they cross over a bridge and she pauses to contemplate over the sound
of rushing water. Paralleling the rushing water beneath her with the little
baby boy she just saved.
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