Orbiting

These stories didnt seem to have as much subextual meaning to me as some other stories we read but some things intrigued me while reading. On page 58 of Orbiting the word fetus is used at the end of the page. This is just my personal opinion and I have no proof of this. But when that word is used it makes me believe that the person has a degraded value of human life. Fetus is a very informal term. Biologically life starts when the sperm fertilizes the egg and cell division starts. But this is purely my opinion and and not judmental of anyone who calls a baby in the womb a fetus.

The next was on page 62 through 63 when he talks about opposites. He says, "Yin and yang, hot and sour, green and yellow." Yin and yang are complementary opposites but hot and sour? The opposite of hot is cold and the opposite of sour is sweet and yellow and green are not opposite colors on the color wheel. So what intrigues me is why he made a contrast of opposites at first then said two things that weren't opposites. Could he possibly be implying that even though its technically not an opposite it still an opposite. What I mean is that an opposites don't necessarily have to be antonyms of each other but opposites can be anything that is different?

At the end of the story Renata is thinking of Ro, how she can make him into an American, dress him teach him the culture. This is not the first time a woman has been portrayed as wanting to change a man, help him because he is somewhat helpless. What is it with women's fascination of trying to help a man in that way. They want to take a man and almost nurture him back to health, not in the same context but the concept is the same. They want to shape him into a real man, is this some sort of motherly instinct to nurture. Do women feel a need to nurture and care for the ones they love almost in a motherly way?