different endings of the two plots / different dealings with pregnancy

Whereas the narrator decides to have the baby, Olivia opts for an abortion. What could have been the author´s reason to end the two plots in such different ways? How do you feel about the way both women deal with their pregnancy?

There have always been many differences between Olivia and the narrator. One integrated herself to the community and the other one lived more isolated and didn´t really deal with the Indians, but had most contact with the other British, living there. Many other differences could be named here… Thus it is no real surprise, that also their pregnancies ended up just in antipodal directions. That is one possibility, why the narrator ended up the two plots in two absolutely different ways. The other reason for this could have been, that the author wanted to show that there are different ways, how a life in India for an English woman can become like. It shouldn´t only be shown the one side. The reader should also know, that there are different endings and so also different lives possible for a woman in India.

I think an abortion is always very horrible and it should be looked for another possibility of solving this type of problem. In nowadays there are many different ways of solving. But I don´t think that there are so many different ways in 1923 and in India. The probability that Olivia´s baby was from the Nawab, was comparatively probable, because Olivia and Douglas had tried it so many times before. If this was right, that the baby´s father is the Nawab, there would be many problems for Olivia. Because Olivia had no real possibility of getting the baby, but just after that, giving it away, like you can do it nowadays (for example: “Babyklappe”), and thus she couldn´t avoid problems, accompaniing with that, I can in a way understand her acting.

The narrator opts for the baby, although she knows that it could also cause problems. The baby is from Inder Lal, an Indian man, who has wife and children. This is a reason for big trouble, which could arise. But the narrator faces up the facts / problems. That, I think, is a brave decision for an English woman, living in India for her own.

For the named reasons, I can in a way understand both of the women. They´re living in different situations, where different actions aren´t unrealistic, although I remain with my opinion, that abortions are always horrible and should be avoided.