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...ly trying to win, but never being able to decide exactly on how to work out their indifferences. The man states "I want the baby" (249). The woman replies with "You're not touching this baby" (249). Neither of them wanted to lose control, and by giving up the baby, they would do just that. They both wanted to hold on to their leverage over the other. In the last violent moments of a doomed relationship, they attempt to wrestle to baby from each others grip. In the turmoil of the struggle, "she felt the baby going from her" (249); "her hands came loose" (249), "she grabbed for the baby's other arm" 9249), "but he would not let go" (249). "He felt the baby slipping out of his hands" and he pulled back very hard" (249) an "in this manner, the issue was decided" (249). The resolution of this conflict is deadly. Both wanted so badly to win, they could not see that they were hurting the bab...