The law allows a married couple whishing to have children to have only one child. ... Human wastes have to be dealt with by treating the sewerage, but in rural and agricultural areas they do not have the money to treat the sewerage and it simply gets poured into the rivers and waterways contaminating the land. ... In the past families have preferred more children because they can do with an extra set of helping hands, and as the parents age their children can help to support and look after their parents. Children would often die young so the parents would need more children to ensure that a...

• Word Count: 740
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• Grade Level: High School

Jig is reaching out for the normal life where she would not have to make this decision and the man is envious of all the peoples who go about living their lives without children and the burden that they bring. ... Later in the story there fields of grain and a river, which symbolizes the child and beyond the river are mountains, which suggest that if she keeps the child there will be difficulty between the couple. ...

• Word Count: 1031
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• Grade Level: High School