Summary Of The Love Of My Life By T. Coraghessan Boyle

In the short story, "The Love of My Life", T. Coraghessan Boyle explores a tragic event of a murder of a child. It begins with young highschool couple, China and Jeremy. Both have an outstanding education, Jeremy was set to attend Brown, while China was chosen in her top-choice school in Binghamton. During the camping trip, China and Jeremy conceived a child, even though both of them are eager to avoid pregnancy. China decided to keep the child at first without seeking medical attention to hide her pregnancy. One night in the hotel, China delivered the hotel and proceeded to tell Jeremy to just "Get rid of it", without identifying the gender of the child and considered an unimportant object. Jeremy did what China wanted, he put the newborn in a plastic bag and threw it out in the dumpster. Both characters contributed for their downfall of their relationship. In the story, China appeared to be a victim and innocent, but the reality was she was to blame for everything that led to the loss of her lover and loss of her child. …show more content…
They are always together like," They wore each other like a pair socks"(Boyle 554). This shows how madly China and Jeremy love each other. They were inseparable. Their relationships was in very positive energy. All they wanted was to be always side by side together. However, everything deviated as they prepared for their camping trip for a several days."But she had forgotten to pack her pills and he had only two condoms with him"(Boyle 558). They were aware of their situation of not having enough pills and condoms, but still, China and Jeremy decided to have sex in their