After analyzing this description, it is found that the strong of Claudia’s commitment not to have a baby is a guideline of life held by Claudia so far. Not
because she doesn’t like children, but the fear of change and the fear of failed to be a good mother that make Claudia never wanted a baby. It’s hard to Claudia to
choose whether she is ready to have a baby or getting divorced with Ben. It seems that Claudia is a selfish woman that willing divorced with her husband only for a
commitment
3.2 The Collapse of Claudia’s Commitment Not to Have a Baby
After the writer tells the story about Claudia and Ben, the writer thinks that need to tell about “Why Claudia’s commitment to be collapsed?”. In this
section the writer wants to continue about the collapse Claudia’s commitment not to have baby.
Love between Claudia and Ben are so strong, even when they have getting divorced, but they still love each other and there is nothing that can’t
change that feelings. Claudia can’t erase Ben from her memories, she really loves him and suddenly Claudia feels that she wants to be a mother and has a baby, but
it’s impossible cause Claudia and Ben have a different life after getting divorced even she does not know whether Ben has got new girlfriend or not.
When at thanksgiving night, they meet and say hello each other. Ben looks different and Claudia likes his new look although she does not want to like
it before. They consider that they had had a new couple each other, Claudia
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considers that Ben will marry Tucker and Ben considers that Claudia will marry Richard, but they are wrong.
Ben just tells Claudia that he loves her with his whole heart and he has done everything to get her back. He also said that he does not need a baby because
he just wants Claudia “I must tell you that I love you with my whole heart and I’d do anything to get you back, I don’t need a baby, I don’t even want one if it’s not
with you.” It makes Claudia stunned and speechless, she can’t believe what she is hearing just now. Same like Claudia, she will do everything to get him back, even
if that means having a baby “I would do anything to get him back, even if that means having a baby. That I nearly might even want a baby with him.”
Finally Claudia’s commitment not to have a baby collapsed by the sincere love. Her sincere love to Ben is really strong rather than the strong of her
commitment. And now Claudia realizes that having baby will make their life happy, she also tries to make sure herself that she is ready to be a mother and
having a baby although she can’t be the good one, . It can be seen in the following statement,
“I don’t know”, I breathe, thinking that there are a lot of things I don’t know. I dont know wheather I will someday be a mother and
wheather I am capable of being a good one. But for now, it is Chirstmas, and I am with Ben, and thats all tha seems to matter. So I
hold tightly and whisper his name. As a wish and a promise for things to come. Giffin, 2007:356
After analyzing this description, it is found that Claudia’s commitment not to have a baby is collapse. Although she has a strong commitment but on the
other hand, she has a sincere love with a whole her heart to Ben and it makes her commitment not to have a baby is collapse. And in the end of the story, she is
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ready to have a baby and to be a mother although she realizes that she can’t be the good one.
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4. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
