In the first four chapters were very cohesive, sharing the stories of four different characters. Many similarities wove throughout each chapter. They depicted a very lonely, fearful existence lived by Haitian Americans where the past weighs heavy on them and Haiti is a distant memory they wish to separate from. These stories deal mostly in… Read more The Shift in Tone: The Dew Breaker Reflection
Month: September 2020
Relation to Time Reflection
The stories in The Dew Breaker all have a similar idea of generational relationships. Throughout the text, there are several examples of differences between the generations and how they act and / or think. Specifically in The Bridal Seamstress, we see the difference between Beatrice and Aline. The first major difference is the concept of… Read more Relation to Time Reflection
Who’s who in Dew Breaker?
My main curiosity about The Dew Breaker is, why tell the narrative in somewhat disjointed fashion like it is? Like we talked about in class, it reads a little more like a short story collection because it’s unclear how much the stories connect with each other unless you pay attention to details. Maybe it will… Read more Who’s who in Dew Breaker?
Christianity as an Oppressive and Inspirational Force in the Works of Olaudah Equiano and Phillis Wheatley
Historically, Christianity and colonialism have been inextricably linked, with Christianity so often being one of the tools that Europeans use to “civilize” Indigenous populations throughout the world. However, Christianity has also become invaluable to many of these colonized peoples, and it is reductive to strip them of their individuality and agency by looking at… Read more Christianity as an Oppressive and Inspirational Force in the Works of Olaudah Equiano and Phillis Wheatley
A Hydrating Post About Water
Is Anne Religious Because of the Death of her Brother? I hope I didn’t miss something that explains otherwise, but it seems to me that Anne seeks some sort of comfort in religion to cope with the drowning of her brother. “The gates of Paradise were opened, so anyone who died this minute could enter… Read more A Hydrating Post About Water
Danticat Weekly Questions
What is the message behind Ka’s father throwing the sculpture into the pond? After Ka’s father is missing in chapter one we sense from the mother and Ka that they are extremely worried and distraught about her father being missing. Ultimately, Ka’s father returns only for Ka to find out that her sculpture is missing… Read more Danticat Weekly Questions
Comparisons May Be Unfair
Pieces of work can be isolated at first, created in the mind of one person, and become something more once a process like editing or soundboarding begins (where applicable). These ideas may be sparked from several places, experiences, or even other texts, but rarely are two pieces intimately connected simply because they share similar subject… Read more Comparisons May Be Unfair
Soyinka Reflection
To wrap up my thoughts on the Death of the King’s Horseman play I think that it was such a different play that I have ever read before. I think that Soyinka does an outstanding job of bringing up so many different problems that we still face in society today. One of the most interesting… Read more Soyinka Reflection
Equiano Reflection
I really enjoyed the chapters that we were assigned for Equiano. I feel that Equiano himself did a good job of explaining his life and experiences and portraying that the African American people were not savages and hardworking people. I think that Equiano’s voice throughout that chapters shapes the way that we as readers understand… Read more Equiano Reflection
Segregation and Similarities: The Dew Breaker Questions
The first four chapters in The Dew Breaker takes the reader through four vignettes in the lives of Haitian-Americans. As the small bits and pieces of their lives are revealed to the reader, key similarities and differences are revealed. What is the similarities between all four people in the story thus far? The sight of… Read more Segregation and Similarities: The Dew Breaker Questions