Chapter 2

In Chapter two, the main character was Taylor, but now the character is switched over to Lou Ann. Lou Ann is pregnant, and the babies father is Angel, who seems to be a rather insecure person. He suffered a tragic accident in which he lost the lower half of his leg, and ever since then he is insecure about his relationship with Lou Ann. He thinks that it is because of his leg that Lou Ann doesnt want to sleep with him; but honestly it makes no difference to Lou Ann. Angel leaves her. Lou Ann is left alone pregnant, and is hoping that her baby is not born on christmas because she thinks it will rob the baby of its own day, and also because Angel lost his leg on christmas so it is not necessarily the best day to celebrate.
Now that she is pregnant, life is different for her, and she likes it. Men no longer hit on her when shes on the bus or out an about, and she thinks to herself that being a pregnant lady her whole life wouldnt be that bad. Lee Sing talks to her at the supermarket, making a rather rude remark that having a girl is like feeding the neighbors New Years pig; Lee Sing thinks it is a waste because some other family will get her anyway.
When she gets home she sees that Angel left her, taking the tv, a few beer mugs, and a picture of himself at the rodeo. Its Halloween, but she forgot to buy candy, so when the children come she gives them the pennies she was saving up to buy a washing machine. By the time she wants to go to bed, she wishes Angel was there to take off her shoes because her feet were too swollen, but she could not bend over far enough to take them off.
I think it was stupid of Angel to leave because he felt insecure when clearly Lou Ann did love him. He should've put his leg injury aside and realize that Lou Ann wouldnt think of him like that and that she is even more accepting to his leg than he is. I felt bad for Lou Ann because her husband left her and also Lee Sing's rude comment. Its terrible to think that is how chinese people think, because everyone, especially babies should feel comfortable being their own gender. Angel doesn't seem like the best person, and you can tell because of what he took. All he cares about is entertainment and beer, because all he took was the TV and beer mugs. The fact that he took a picture of himself on a bull also shows that he is either selfish and didn't want Loud Ann to have the picture, or too proud because he was on a bull; neither of are good traits to possess.