The story introduces an intelligent emotional topic, showing the transformative effects of love. We see in Gaita's story a familiarity that we see in other stories. The love of one person for another changes not only the life of the lover and the beloved, but also of those who witness it. Gaita provides many more examples in his article of “conditional unconditional” love (23). A couple of examples he gives are the examples of parents' love for their children as children learn to love each other from their parents' actions, and even the religious anthropomorphic view of God loving all of us unconditionally ( Gaita, 22-24). . The most interesting part of these loves is Gaita's statement that they are conditional. Parents are taught that unconditional love is what they should do. Society tells us that a bad parent is one who does not satisfy their child's need for this type of love. Sometimes parents don't accommodate this kind of love and instead focus the love elsewhere, where meanwhile other parents look at them as if something is wrong with them. This is because they don't fit what society teaches. I totally agree that parents should give their children all the love they need, and I've been lucky enough to have parents who give me that kindness. However, this is not entirely instinctive as some parents have never taught it or actively avoid it