BABY X

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Baby X by Lois Gould

 History & Setting
Lois Gould (December 18, 1931 – May 29, 2002) was an American writer, known for her novels and other works about women's lives. She was born in Manhattan, In 1970 Lois Gould published her first novel, BABY X, a tale of an "Xperiment" in gender-free child-raising. It first appeared in Ms. in 1972, and was expanded into an illustrated children's book in 1978. 

 Character
There are two main characters happened in the story. Mr. Joneses is a scientist who wanted to raise an X more than any other kind of baby. Baby X is no gender, it is a secret scientists Xperiment known officially as Project as baby X.

 Plot
A baby is born to two parents who have agreed to keep its sex a secret, as part of a huge, very expensive scientific experiment. They are given a thick handbook to help them navigate future problems, from how to play with X to dealing with boys' and girls' bathrooms at school.  While other adults react with hostility, X's schoolmates eventually start imitating its freedom in dress and play. Finally, the PTA demands that X be examined, physically and mentally, by a team of experts.  If X's test showed it was a boy, it would have to start obeying all the boys'rules. If it proved to be a girl, X would have to obey all the girls' rules. And if X turned out to be some kind of mixed-up misfit, then X must be Xpelled from school. Immediately! And a new rule must be passed, so that no little Xes would ever come to school again. Of course, X turns out to be the "least mixed up child" ever examined by the experts. X knows what it is, and "By the time it matters which sex X is, it won't be a secret any more". Happy ending. Ah, the 70s! Between this story, Harry Nilsson's "The Point" and "Free to be You and Me", the future looked so clear and bright. What happened? I will be taking a close look at the vision in each over the next week and discussing here, but would love to hear your memories and reactions.
Theme
There is no true conflict in the story, no person vs. person or person vs. nature or the like. You could possibly find person vs. society in this story, but only when you've reflected on the way it ends.
Moral
This story tells us we must learn to seek more friends, try to talk with the people you do not know. After, I read to story, I realized that Baby X IS ALONE, I encourage reader can look for it, it is not hard to understand.
Evaluation
Within this story, the author used characterization method to create a character's personality. Author also used a contrast between what is said and what us meant, called Verbal Irony. In the other hand, James Thurber used when the audience or reader knows something a character does not, called Dramatic Irony.

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