At the end of the Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson, how does Sara Louise feel after forgetting about the baby?

After forgetting about the baby boy, Sara is filled with remorse; she quickly tells the father of the twins to make sure that the baby is held and loved. The twin babies remind her of herself and her twin, Caroline.

For most of the story, Sara Louise's sister, Caroline, is known as the pretty and sociable twin. Meanwhile, Louise has always had to live in her sister's shadow, seemingly forgotten and disregarded by those around her.

When Caroline leaves home to pursue a music career at Julliard, Louise is happy for her but filled with foreboding at her own ambivalent feelings. Things eventually come to a head when Caroline marries Louise's best friend, Call. Louise then decides to pursue her dreams; she initially enrolls in the University of Maryland to prepare for medical school but soon transfers to the University of Kentucky to study to be a nurse-midwife.

After graduating, she ends up serving in Truitt, a small Appalachian village in the mountains. Louise eventually marries a widower, Joseph Wojtkiewicz, and becomes a mother to his three children. Soon, a son, Truitt, is born to Joseph and Louise. Nevertheless, Louise continues her midwifery work, and one day, she is called upon to deliver twins.

The first twin is a baby boy, and he is born easily. However, his twin sister, in a breach position, is only born with some careful maneuvering on Louise's part. While Louise tends diligently to the twin sister, she finds herself forgetting about the baby boy. Eventually, she remembers that she has largely neglected him, and she orders the father of the twins to make sure that the baby boy is held and cherished.

Louise also advises that the baby boy be nursed by his mother and baptized. Although Louise is initially filled with remorse at having forgotten the baby boy, she does not dwell on her feelings. Briskly, she orders the father of the newborn twins to give equal attention to both babies. Drawing on her own painful experiences of having been largely ignored for most of her childhood, Louise tries to see to it that another baby does not suffer the same fate.

Is there a word/phrase for "unperformant"?

As a software engineer, I need to sometimes describe a piece of code as something that lacks performance or was not written with performance in mind. Example: This kind of coding style leads to unmaintainable and unperformant code. Based on my Google searches, this isn't a real word. What is the correct way to describe this? EDIT My usage of "performance" here is in regard to speed and efficiency. For example, the better the performance of code the faster the application runs. My question and example target the negative definition, which is in reference to preventing inefficient coding practices. Answer This kind of coding style leads to unmaintainable and unperformant code. In my opinion, reads more easily as: This coding style leads to unmaintainable and poorly performing code. The key to well-written documentation and reports lies in ease of understanding. Adding poorly understood words such as performant decreases that ease. In addressing the use of such a poorly ...

nouns - what do you call the person who passes the trophies to the prize giver/presenter?

The person who gives out the trophies to the winners are called award presenters. So what do u call the person who passes the trophies to the presenter? Thanks!

Is 'efficate' a word in English?

I routinely hear the word "efficate" being used. For example, "The most powerful way to efficate a change in the system is to participate." I do not find entries for this word in common English dictionaries, but I do not have an unabridged dictionary. I have checked the OED (I'm not sure if it is considered unabridged), and it has no entry for "efficate". It does have an entry for "efficiate", which is used in the same way. Wordnik has an entry for "efficate" with over 1800 hits, thus providing some evidence for the frequency of use. I personally like the word and find the meaning very clear and obvious when others use it. If it's not currently an "officially documented" word, perhaps its continued use will result in it being better documented.

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