CHILDREN OF THE SEA

The first chapter of the book starts with the story of an unnamed narrator from Haiti, dreaming of his girlfriend. He is travelling on the small boat to Miami, Florida. He is leaving his country because he is wanted by his government All the little details were explained by a second narrator who is a woman on the ship. The narrator is telling us the stories that had happened on the boat throughout their adventure, he is telling us how hard it was to survive and what they had to do to stay stable and robust. In my opinion, the theme of the story was justice, the overwhelming injustice of the narrator's situation is highlighted by the events the author chooses to recount in the story. The reason people were demanded to leave the country was their government and the unbearable place to live. The land was terrorised by the dictatorship there was no democracy, people were killed for disagreeing, for speaking publicly, and for trying to protect their families. The people who the narrator was surrounded by were so bent upon survival that for then, the only question of justice was whether they throw the sick and unable people off the boat to save themselves.