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In Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy shows childbirth from a father's point of view, from watching the mother's suffering and fear up until the newborn baby is brought into the world. The sheer emotion of such an event Levin's life, from watching his wife, Kitty, go through childbirth, hit him in ways that conflict his at times. In many parts of the delivery, he is struck by pangs of guilt and emotions that he did not expect, or emotions that did not seem typical for this tyle of event in one's life.
The passage opens up with the line, "There are no conditions of life to which a man cannot accustom himself, especially if he sees that everyone around him lives in the same way" (324) which is comforting, or should be for the case of Levin, in that it literally means all people go through ordeals, and there is no wrong way to feel about things. Levin, a non-relgious person nearly becomes spiritual in the ordeal, constantly saying, "'Lord have mercy! Pardon and help us!'" (326) as a reaction to the trials of his wife's strenuous labor. At that degree of strife, his own fretting and worry, he is concerned over his own change of nature, but the opening mandates that strange reactions most certainly happen to everyone, and he himself is no exception.
Upon the end of the labor, he is met with a baby son, his first born, yet has conflicting feelings that "what he felt towards this little creature was not at all what he has anticipated" (333). Perhaps he is of an opinion that there is a fatherly stereotype that he presumably would have taken on upon the birth of his first child, fearing that he will be a bad father.

Slam, Slam, Slam! What did I ever see in him in the first place? Is he on crack? He is being so out of character, I couldn't believe him getting me into a mess over my identity. Wasn't my identity what was so important to him in the first place? And the son thing? He's a freaking cop. He chooses a cop over my purpose? My lifeblood? Me? I hope he only had Sam then quit.

Woodshop Boy is going down. This is ridiculous.

Bruce has certainly not been making himself a stranger. It's a little comforting on the soul to be the one he believes he can turn to, but as with all things, I don't know how long his little Steady tirade is going to continue. But stranger than Woodshop Boy is seeing the dark knight sleep. He sleeps? Who woulda known?

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You wouldn't think a big metropolitan city like Gotham would have back-water rednecks who took an unhealthy liking to woodshop. You wouldn't think this weirdo would want anything from me either, I mean, who's he looking for? A prom date? One thing you learn about Gotham is to follow cycles; and the general rule is "So-and-so is after me because I stole their blank." Oh, and I almost forgot "Or want to find my identity for personal vendetta." And can't forget ...my favorite... "So-and-so wants to smash me to pulp to affect Batman." Okay, nevermind about the cycles thing, it would seem this city is as random as some of the themes used by the Rogue's Gallery.

But it still doesn't mean Slam gets to make fun of me over it. He was the one forgetting the cash for dinner after extending the invitation... Some of these guys are just plain weird.

I quit at the bakery I quit at the ba-ker-y! La la la la la la! I quit at approximately 5:58 this morning. Waking up at five is worth it. Gonna go work another day at Williams Sonoma, WHICH I bought the most gorgeous pair of glasses... (s**t, I was hoping they'd have a pic in the catalog, but they don't.) Unfortuneately, it's a temp job, but that might be good, since if you stay at one place too long, it's bound to suck, even though I've had a semi-great time working at WS. In other news; no stardom for Kei. Damned shame; time to pick a new career.