blog #2 Pagan Night

I chose to analyze the short story, Pagan Night. This story is about two people named Dalton and Sonny who seemed to live a careless lifestyle and then found themselves in the situation of being parents. It's very obvious through out the story that they are horrible parents. The baby constantly gets rashes and is neglected by the father and although the mother sort of tends to the baby she emotionally neglects him. Both Dalton and Sonny are addicts and live inside of a van, they don't have jobs; Dalton is a aspiring muscician. Dalton never interacts with the baby or even seems to acknowledge the fact that the baby exists. He's constantly referring to him as "it" because he refuses to give the baby a name; i suspect i know why but it never actually states why in the story. Sonny thinks of names for the baby all the time and they are constantly changing according to random things and emotions throughout her days. They seem to put the blame on the baby for why they are stuck and so miserable. Through out the story, sonny thinks of ways to get rid of the baby making it look like an accident, for example, accidently dropping him in cage at the zoo or leaving him in a spot and forgetting where he was. By the end of the story Sonny is seriously considering it and plotting it in her head but it ends not saying and there are too many gaps to be able to know for sure the outcome.
My whole take on this story is that its just really sad and both Dalton and Sonny are to blame. They are immature and selfish. I think they Dalton doesnt want to name the baby because that will make it real and then it will be harder to just abandon a baby who you've actually claimed as your own. As for Sonny i think she actually does want to name the baby but wont because she wants to make Dalton happy and keep him from leaving her and thats why she wants to abandon the baby also, because she thinks it will create a better more loving life for her and him. Its hard to tell what Sonny will do. On one hand i think she will leave the baby in order to stay with Dalton but on the other hand I think she does love the baby even though she sees him as a burden. These are all just my opinions of course. I have no sympathy for either of them even though i recognize Dalton as the "villian" Sonny is just as much to blame.