I think this is about the total reliant relationship an unborn baby has with it's mother AND the relationship we all have with those in power. The backdrop is nuclear war and having such a bomb go off. Instead of dying immediately - the pregnant woman here is in the fallout zone and it is the radiation that will eventually (probably fairlly quickly) kill her.
The woman has no choice but to breathe in the deadly air and thus she will kill herself and her baby. The baby is totally reliant on her. Similarly those in power are the mother to the rest of us. We are, in effect the baby, who are totally reliant on them for our survival. And like the mother - they have unwittingly killed us - their baby. We can presume that no democratic country would purposefully kill it's population - but can assume it could get caught up in a nuclear war which they were partially responsible for and thus sealing the fate of it's people.
However Kate sees herself (the Mother), her baby and us - as being different from those in power. They - and the ones who they are fighting the nuclear way - are the fools. She begs for clean air and sanity but it's too late. The powers have caused Mutually Assured Destruction upon themselves. Therefore their people and themselves will die - along with the mother and unborn child.
Instead they should realised that we all - us and our percieved enemies breathe and rely on the same air. Similarly this could be updated to climate change. If you only think about yourself and not think about the bigger picture or the damage your actions will cause - then you may bring about your own destruction.
I agree with GaffaUK but it seems you have all left out one vital word.
I agree with GaffaUK but it seems you have all left out one vital word.
Nicotine.
Nicotine.
I think she is also referring to the fact that mothers pregnant all over the world neglect their babies welfare and continue to smoke during pregnancy and after birth, thus doing the same to a baby in a local term, as a nuclear explosion would world wide, not only of a personal loss, but a world wide loss.
I think she is also referring to the fact that mothers pregnant all over the world neglect their babies welfare and continue to smoke during pregnancy and after birth, thus doing the same to a baby in a local term, as a nuclear explosion would world wide, not only of a personal loss, but a world wide loss.
I think this is about the total reliant relationship an unborn baby has with it's mother AND the relationship we all have with those in power. The backdrop is nuclear war and having such a bomb go off. Instead of dying immediately - the pregnant woman here is in the fallout zone and it is the radiation that will eventually (probably fairlly quickly) kill her.
The woman has no choice but to breathe in the deadly air and thus she will kill herself and her baby. The baby is totally reliant on her. Similarly those in power are the mother to the rest of us. We are, in effect the baby, who are totally reliant on them for our survival. And like the mother - they have unwittingly killed us - their baby. We can presume that no democratic country would purposefully kill it's population - but can assume it could get caught up in a nuclear war which they were partially responsible for and thus sealing the fate of it's people.
However Kate sees herself (the Mother), her baby and us - as being different from those in power. They - and the ones who they are fighting the nuclear way - are the fools. She begs for clean air and sanity but it's too late. The powers have caused Mutually Assured Destruction upon themselves. Therefore their people and themselves will die - along with the mother and unborn child.
Instead they should realised that we all - us and our percieved enemies breathe and rely on the same air. Similarly this could be updated to climate change. If you only think about yourself and not think about the bigger picture or the damage your actions will cause - then you may bring about your own destruction.
I agree with GaffaUK but it seems you have all left out one vital word.
I agree with GaffaUK but it seems you have all left out one vital word.
Nicotine.
Nicotine.
I think she is also referring to the fact that mothers pregnant all over the world neglect their babies welfare and continue to smoke during pregnancy and after birth, thus doing the same to a baby in a local term, as a nuclear explosion would world wide, not only of a personal loss, but a world wide loss.
I think she is also referring to the fact that mothers pregnant all over the world neglect their babies welfare and continue to smoke during pregnancy and after birth, thus doing the same to a baby in a local term, as a nuclear explosion would world wide, not only of a personal loss, but a world wide loss.