First of all, when we see through A Great Injustice, we would see the relationship between Ah Nya and Steven who are the parents of the child. Steven, who supposes to be responsible towards the child, tries to escape and ask Ah Nya to abort the baby. As we could see, a baby should bring happiness to a couple but in this case; it brings destruction because the couple is not marriage. If they are marriage, there would be nothing to worry about and the baby will tighten the couple’s relationship and makes the bond grow stronger. This is why pre-marital sex becomes the cause of family institution’s destruction.
On the other hand, in The Merry Maid, although Shanmugam and Lakshmi decided to give birth to the child, the destruction of family institution is still there when they decided to “abandon the child on the doorstep of the big house” which belongs to Johan. Without being married, they are not prepared to have a child and they have to abandon the child and hope that Johan will take the baby and give the baby a proper home and fulfil the needs for the baby to live. Although the baby lives, the relationship between the parents, Lakshmi and Shanmugam, and the baby does not exist. Once again, the pre-marital sex becomes the cause of family institution’s destruction.
Because of having a child out of wedlock, a family could not be formed, and the couple could not be together. Thus, it’s the best to get married first and then only go through the process of making the baby…peace (n_n)
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