Question

A desperate sense of defeat pressed on him'a raging hopelessness ' explain. (this is from the chapter birth by AJ Cronin)​

Answer 1

This line is taken from 'The Birth' by AJ Cronin

• The story revolves around a doctor named Andrew who is helping Joe and Susan with the birth of their child.

• Inside the room, Susan and her mother were present and they witnessed the birth of a baby boy.

• The young boy appeared blue as he was lacking oxygen.

• He tried to use the hot and cold water method to bring back the young one. All the people had no hope in this method or hope that the child would be alive.

• After several rounds of trying, the boy suddenly took his first breath, the nurse who was helping the doctor prayed for the child.

Answer 2

'Birth' by AJ Cronin is the story of doctor Andrew who is helping Joe and Susan with their childbirth.

• 'A desperate sense of defeat pressed on him, a raging hopelessness' is a line extracted from the story which means that Andrew felt that he failed and he lost all his hope.
• He tried to use the hot and cold water method but no one witnessing the process was confident about his method.
• The child was born still and after several tries attempted by the doctor the child took his first breath. The feeling of the little one breathing made Andrew cry.