`Krik?Krak` Reading Response

A reflection on the book `Krik ?Krak`

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A reflection on the book `Krik ?Krak`

1 . What is the significance of writing in CHILDREN OF THE SEA

This is where the narrator recollects about

her past . Writing the Children of the Sea was deemed significant for the flow of the book because all the rest of the story were just products of the memories or records of the life of the character as she was on board a ship to Miami . It was a contrast of life and death as the main character writes about her life while a girl of fifteen gives birth to a baby and the baby eventually dies

2 . In NINETEEN THIRTY-SEVEN , why do the women travel to the river so often

A quote from the book says "The River was the place where it had all begun (41 ) answers the question on why women travel so often to the rivers . They go to the river to escape the horrors of their own land . To escape death and seizure her mother swam the river that crosses between the Dominican Republic and her native country , the Haiti . Her grandmother on the other hand , being too weak to swim was caught and killed in Haiti

3 . Explain the significance of the list at the sugar mill in THE WALL OF FIRE RISING . Why doesn`t the mother want his son`s name on the list

In The Wall of the Fire Rising , a couple is trying to raise their son without tainting his soul with poverty and hopelessness . This is the main reason why his mother doesn 't want his name to be signed at the sugar mill . The Childs parents don 't want the boy to serve as slave in the Mill . The child however grew fascinated in the works of Boukman , a declaration of freedom and slave revolution

4 . How does (social ) class become significant in BETWEEN THE POOL AND THE GARDENIAS

To further stress the importance of class in Between the Pool and the Gardenias , I quote an excerpt from the book which says Her lips were wide and purple , like those African dolls you see in tourist store windows but never could afford to buy " The character is that of a young woman who have had many miscarriages before since she can 't afford better healthcare for her baby . She is now in denial of her child 's death and is drawn to a dead child that she has seen on the streets Though the corps is decaying , she can 't seem to take her eyes of the child and continues to visit her . She wants to give the child proper burial...