After emotions

While reading After, there could be many emotions that may stir up in a person. There could be anger, sadness, confusion, hate, etc. Some of the emotions that this text has stirred up in me so far is anger, sadness, and confusion. I am angry because I do not understand how somebody can just throw away their child like a peice of trash. I am angry at Devon because she keeps calling the baby IT. She will not admit that she did anything wrong. I am sad because that child will have to grow up knowing that her mother did not want her. She will always be known as the child that was thrown away by her mother. I beleive that she will have a very hard time coping with what her mother did. That child will be scared for life because her mother was to selfish to admit that she messed up. When I sit down and think about the book I become confused. I can understand that Devon did not know what to do when she became pregant, but she should have talked to some body. But she didn't. She kept on living her life like nothing was worng, like nothing happened. Even after she gave birth to this child, she cleaned up the mess and put the child in the trash out back. I can not say how I would have handled the situation if I was in Devons shoes, but i do know that I would have not thrown my child in the trash. I would have owned up to what happened and tried to figure out a way to make my life work. I child is not a burden; a child is a gift and should be cherished. I guess that is why I am angry, sad, and confused.