Response to the first 3 Stories

The first story  “Children of the Sea” introduces us to two characters who came from different backgrounds and have a different purpose and tendance to introduce their story to us. Both of the narrator's names weren't introduced to us by the author in the story. However, there is a way to define the gender and characteristics of both of narrators by observing their writing, and it's climax. A first narrator is a man who escaped from the island to maintain his independence and start his life over again in the United States. By making that decision, he lost everything important to him in Haiti: his family, friends, and his girlfriend that he dreams about everytime throughout the story. His sacrifice defined his intention to create something new for himself and live the life of a free and independent man. The second narrator is a girl who is still on the island, and the purposes of her story is mainly to provide us with specific nuances about the island and its community. Both writers are defined by their writing style; mail narrator is writing his part to spread the word around the people and to create a view of his country. While the female narrator doesn't really put too much effort into her work, and by that, we can define that she doeson't care whether someone read it or not.

     Nineteen Thirty-Seven” is a story about narrator Josephine, whose mother is imprisoned as a witch. This story contains a mystical and historical side of life in Haiti. Throughout the novel, Josephine and, Danticat illustrate what used to happen to women with different abilities in Haiti. Josephina's mother was wrongfully accused of killing her friend’s baby; she was condemned as a which and send to prison for a lifetime where the guards treated her with disrespect and all kinds of negative behaviours. The fact that Josephina's mother relates to magic puts society in the position where they see her as a threat.

   Familie of three who lives in one room shack and try to get through all the obstacles that Haiti’s government puts in front of them. All three: Guy father of the family, Lili mother, and Little Guy have their own will to freedom on their minds. For the youngest and innocent LIttle Guy, democracy is a concept discussed in his play he doesn’t have a clear idea about what freedom means.  However, for his parents, freedom is a more complicated topic. Lili and Guy know that it’s a struggle for them to provide their families daily, while only one of the works. The lack of jobs in their town/country doesn't prevent them from a fact of poverty. Guy’s biggest fear is to become like his father and not being able to earn a stable livelihood for his family. Every night Lili and Guy get into conversations about their feeling and desires in which Guy claims that he needs to leave and live a free life. As the time goes Guy’s job doesn’t improve, he starts thinking of moving more often. Lili recognises that, and she fears his search for freedom; however, it’s too late, and he commits suicide.

    Throughout the three stories that were assigned to us, Danticat illustrates what used to happen to people with different abilities, power and ways of living in Haiti. All three stories are similar to each other, shown by characters who go through the same struggle that their country requires them to get through. However all of them have their specific characteristics, Unlike “Children of the Sea” and “Nineteen Thirty-Seven”, “A Wall of Fire Rising” is less about Haiti’s politics and more about everyday life in Haitian. Haiti’s political, social, and economic struggles do play a part in the story’s events, but they form the background of the drama and do not take centre stage. Rather, it is the little triumphs and tragedies of the families members that are the focus of the story. While “ Children of the Sea “ and “ Nineteen Thirty-Seven “ relate to each other by the struggle of characters that all of them have to go through in order to escape from the government and their background. What connects all of the stories listed is the desire of being free and independent from their government, and the biggest urge to find a new life and become a new person.

“People are just too hopeful, and sometimes hope is the biggest weapon of all to use against us. People will believe anything.”

This quote is coming from the first story “ Children of the Sea “ it shows how desperate the Haitian people are for something good to happen. Even small rumours have the power of giving hope to people.

“Tonight I was looking at the balloon in the yard behind the sugar mill” this quote is coming from the third story “ A wall of fire rising “ this quote was addressed to Lili ba y guy, a shows his desire to leave and become an independent man a leave everything behind him.