Reading Response #2

"Son of the Wolfman" by Michael Chabon

A tragic event takes place that bring a marriage closer together. Cara is a very caring person but Cara's husband is angry and unforgiving that she wants to have the wolfman's child, but in the end Richard becomes a loving father.

Quote #1
Chabon says, " Im canceling the thing tomorrow, she told him"(pg.176).

Cara and Richard have been trying to get pregnant for years and this is her chance to have a family with Richard. I think her decision to keep the baby shows not only what a good person she is, but instead of divorcing Richard, she wants to try and create the family for them that they have always wanted.

Quote #2
Chabon says, "Come on Richie. Don't even think of it as sex, all right? A postaglandin delivery system" (pg 190).

The fact that Richard showed up to Cara's house to comfort her says alot to me. This was a turning point for Richard, and the deciding factor on how the story will end. He has sex with Cara to help her go into labor shows to the readers that he has a change of heart.

Quote #3
Charbon says,"No one, Richard felt, had ever quite looked at him this way. Without emotion, without judgement" (pg. 200).

Richard felt a sense of calmness when he first gazed into his son's eyes, all the feelings of hatred and regret left him in this moment. Richard liked the way this child looks at him, he realized he was going to be a father when he got this glimpse into his childs eyes.