A great injustice vs The merry maid

. In solving a problem we must consider all factors so that the decision that we make can assure it as the best decision that we can made. Both of the stories ‘A Great Injustice’ by Heah Chwee Sian and ‘The Merry Maid’ by Jayakaran Mukundan have the same situation in making a decision. It is the decision of ‘To do or not to do’. The decision can be clearly seen in both of the story.

What could be great when you commit a sin? According to Wordweb dictionary a sin can be define as the act that violate a law of God or a moral law. It is as same as the wrongdoer and it can be serious as the act is against the law of the god.

Abortion is a word that can be considered as a word of sin, if only the act is being done illegally. According to the Health dictionary, abortion can be defined as the premature exit of the products of conception from the uterus. It is the loss of a pregnancy and does not refer to why that pregnancy was lost. This is what happen when you do the abortion. From the story of the great injustice, Ah Nya is the one that did the act of killing an innocent unborn child. As from the story, Ah soh said “oh my god, why did you do that?” “It’s sinful”. As a human being, we do not have the authority of taking someone’s life.

To make a decision is not as simple as ABC if the situation is between death and alive. It is the decision of the future and the future is what you are going to be. Lakshmi did not do the abortion and as a result she give a future to a child named Sakinah or her other name is Savitri. She gives a life to her innocent child as she wanted her child to live and not take her life. Love of the mother towards her child is the greatest love of all, this is what happen to Lakshmi. An ordinary human like us does not have the power of deciding ones future