Two Opposite Views by Andrew Schwartz

In the narrative "Ciudad Juarez" by Elizabeth Tallent they main themes are the love, friendship, collision situations, passion and the cruelty of the society and the surrounding people. The personage of the mother Nina always takes care of her ten month's child Willis. During the story the readers discover that his birth was quite hard and Willis was born with several health problems. Because of it he spent his first week of life in the neonatal resuscitation. During this first week his mother did not want to see her son and to think about the name for him. Than the reader understands, that she behaved in such way because she was afraid that her son would not survive. Nina just did not want to become attached to her son. It is quite usual, that a mother cares about her children in any situations. But Nina waited for her son's death. Author describes in the narrative, that her son recovered. A week after his recovery Nina decided to see her son and to touch him. In this moment Wills opened his eyes and began to react to the external factors. The authoress tries to show in such way the power of the mother's love and the warmth of the mother's hands.
After the first meeting with her sin, Nina decided to give him a name Willis. A week after Willis abandons the hospital with his parents and twin brother Griffin.
There are a lot of different thoughts related to the Nina's behavior during the first week of her son's life. Some people think that she was right and that is easier not to see the ill child. The mother could fall in love with him and become attached to him. In the case when the child dies, it is easier to survive such loss without feelings of love and attachment.
But other people can reproach Nina with her behavior. They affirm that mother could never leave her child in the trouble and let him die. The real mother will be near her child in different conditions from the first minutes on the earth.