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This 3 page paper examines the story and argues that Myrna is right in leaving her son Kenny. The reasons are supported.
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sons harmed others. There are of course many circumstances when serial killers come from very negative backgrounds, but in the story "Spilled Salt" by Barbara Neely, a situation is conveyed
where a mother leaves her son after he commits a violent crime. Should mothers support their offspring no matter what they do, or are some crimes so horrendous as to
make one stop and wonder whether or not to support their children? In the story, Neely writes about a single mother, Myrna, whose son is a rapist. He does pay
his dues, but in the mind of the female protagonist, her son has committed a crime above and beyond support. She cannot accept him. Is she right to leave her
son? After all, he is her own flesh and blood. The mother does leave this young man eventually. After he is convinced and sent to prison, she does visit him.
His guilt is not in question. He is guilty as charged. Yet, at each visit, Myrna asks her son why he had committed such a crime. In part, Myrna tries
to understand her son. Perhaps she can help if she could only get through, but the lack of intelligence on the part of both Myrna and Kenny is quite apparent.
Myrna cannot really help Kenny, even if she is able to reach him. After all, he raped a girl and it is of no consequence to him. Underneath the surface,
the anguish experienced by Myrna is tied to guilt. What did she do to create the monster? Myrna questions her own marriage as her husband was abusive. Of course, in
reality, the reader will see the pattern. While Myrna begins to see evidence of a trend, it is perhaps more apparent to the reader that the situation is rather dismal
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