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In "Amy foster", joseph Conrad has written a great story tht shows the different types of love felt between Amy and yanko as described by Joseph campbell in his essay on "The Mythology of Love". The relationship of Yanko and Amy is dynamic and changes as the story progresses. At first, Amy feels compassion for Yanko; she does not see the differences between him and English people as the others of Brenzett do. However, later …

…or the member of the opposite sex. Amy sees how he sings to their new son in strange language, he teaches the boy how to pray. she sees his differences and realizes that she could never really be one with him on "this earth". Could this be why Amy allows Yanko to die? Perhaps she loves him so much she find the only way to be one with him is to allow him to die.