8/17/2019 AB Switched at Birth
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Ashwani Kumar Bhardwaj
Switched at Birth Assignment
Justin Jacobs
Summary of “ Switched at Birth”
This Episode 3 ! from “This American "ife” is about the Tit#e
“Switched at Birth” is $% minutes
narrati&e di&ided in “'ro#ogue” of % minutes and “Two
Acts” of ($ and ( minutes each) This is
story on e&ent happened in *+$* when two gir# babies between
,c-ona#d fami#y and were
de#i&ered in ,ichigan but unfortunate#y switched by hospita#
nurses) ,artha was in.uisiti&e
from the beginning about possibi#ity of switch tried to
con&ince her husband who a&oided the
truth thin/ing of suppressing -isgrace to -octor who
de#i&ered them as a resu#t of socia#
decency whi#e other fami#y was adamant in disbe#ie&ing it in
the beginning of act about any
possibi#ity of switch) After 03 years sitting on truth #i/e
Broody hen she fina##y writes to her
daughter about the truth which actua##y answers a## the
.uestions she as/ed to herse#f after
finding a “B#ac/ sheep of the house”) 1ne fami#y is tota##y
ignorant about facts despite of
di&u#ging the truth to daughters) 2t s a## about the be#iefs
we get from fami#y nurturing by our
parents which may be away from rea# truth and part of socia#
norms and misery) The story ta#/s
about fiction with #itt#e spice of science and how it affects
psyche of the two persons and peop#e
in their #ife4 they sti## show character of their bio#ogica#
parents) The reconnaissance of two
c#ue#ess characters with their bio#ogica# parents not aware
about upbringing in first 0! years of
#ife who on#y were connected to each other on#y with human error
co&ered by fa#se grace) The
story is fu## of 'ainsta/ing moments for a## characters two
daughters and parent s despite of
'ondering in their beha&ior who#e of their #ife) 2n the end4
both gir#s end up be#ie&ing in both
fami#ies)
