"She would have it, this baby. She grabbed for the baby's other arm. She caught the baby around the wrist and leaned back. But he would not let go...He pulled back very hard."
The tone of this story was definitely dark, in the actions of the characters and in the descriptions. The introduction paragraph describing the dark, cold setting establishes the overall mood of the action to come. A significance aspect of the author's style is the absence of quotation marks. The dialogue runs together with the other sentences, making it seem like the characters aren't even speaking to each other. An objective observer tells the story, but it seems like the reader is watching from afar or reading the transcript of what occurred. The action happens quickly as the fight escalates and gets more heated. The syntax consists of short, direct sentences with very little descriptions. The baby is like an object they fight over, and possession of the infant proves superiority. Finally the issue was decided, and I got the impression that the baby was torn in half. This is ironic because both parents get the baby, yet neither of them really gets the baby. This is like the story of Solomon threatening to split the baby, but it this story there was no love involved that saved that child.
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