Summary:
In the beginning of part 3 in this novel, Sophie is in Dame Marie with her new born baby Brigitte and she has come to see Atie and her grandmother. They talk about how Louise, Atie's friend has taught her some of her letters so she would be able to read and right. At night Sophie starts to remember how Joseph use to play the saxophone to him and her baby and how nice those times were together. As the sun began to rise again, Sophie and her grandmother take a walk and she buys things such as beans for the house. Louise is there and she keeps on asking them if they want to buy a pig, but they just refuse. Grandmother and Sophie talk about how Atie has been drinking alcohol since she moved in with her mother, but at the same time she is there to look after her. Later, Atie goes out to the marketplace to get her calf checked out because it has a lump in it, and Sophie and her mother talk about Joseph and how this is just a vacation away from him for a while. As Brigitte slept, she looks back on her wedding day through the pictures she has in her wallet of Joseph and her. As Louise is saving up money for her trip to leave this area for a while, even more violence with the Macoutes (soldiers) occur. According to Sophie they treat people bad and do what ever they like, and that is one of the reasons why Louise is so urge to leave this violence. Sophie remembers when she was a child and how she moved in with a mulatto family which also helped her get out of Haiti. A loud argument between Grandmother and Atie breaks the barrier of her thoughts.
Quote:
"I brought one of my pigs,"( Danticat 131).
Reaction:
From when Louise is introduced in the book in the beginning of part 3 to this point, she has been wanting to give one of her pings to Sophie for sell. This time she decides to give a new born pig to her for free. I was surprised by this because she doesn't want any money back in return, but my idea is that maybe the pig might symbolize something. n my opinion the pig might represent Brigitte in a strange way. More of this story may connect the two as i keep on reading.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Breath, Eyes, Memory: A Novel ( pg.50-100)
Summary:
As Sophie and her aunt try to make it to the airport, children are protesting with violence against the soldiers. The troops are forced to use tear gas and shoot at the people to settle things down. A female troop is assisting Sophie so she could make it to her mother in New York and for the moment, Atie and Sophie are no longer together.On the plane, a little boy is also being assisted by the troop after his father is killed in the disaster, and he too is heading to New York to meet up with his fathers sister. Now in New York Sophie meets her mother and go to her home. On the way there she sees a lot of graffiti and kids throwing cans at passing cars. Inside the home is much safer and the mother is very protective of he child now that she has got her back. She says that she will never leave her ever again. Sophie's mother talks about education and how important it is, and how her daughter will not fall in love until she is eighteen. Marc, a man that the mother is going out with brings the two to a restaurant and talks about all the opportunities there are in New York and how Sophie should react to them. She seems to like Marc and connects well with her mother. Now in part to of this novel, Sophie is finally 18 and she meets a boy named Joseph who comes knocking at her door to use her phone and then they start a conversation about how they are both Haitian. He was a musician and as old as Sophie's mother and that was a big problem that they had. His home town was Providence and one day at dinner, he told Sophie that he would marry her. She did not have the bravery yet to tell her mother about Joseph, but according to her mother secrets are not easy to keep from her.
Quote:
" He looked somewhat like Monsieur Augustin,"( Danticat 67 ).
Reaction:
In this quote Sophie is comparing Joseph who she like, to Augustin. I think this is bad because he was known for leaving Tante Atie for Lotus, so I am thinking that Joseph might leave Sophie for another girl as well. Even though she is 18, I still believe she shouldn't rush it and marry an old man such as Joseph in such a rushing manner.
As Sophie and her aunt try to make it to the airport, children are protesting with violence against the soldiers. The troops are forced to use tear gas and shoot at the people to settle things down. A female troop is assisting Sophie so she could make it to her mother in New York and for the moment, Atie and Sophie are no longer together.On the plane, a little boy is also being assisted by the troop after his father is killed in the disaster, and he too is heading to New York to meet up with his fathers sister. Now in New York Sophie meets her mother and go to her home. On the way there she sees a lot of graffiti and kids throwing cans at passing cars. Inside the home is much safer and the mother is very protective of he child now that she has got her back. She says that she will never leave her ever again. Sophie's mother talks about education and how important it is, and how her daughter will not fall in love until she is eighteen. Marc, a man that the mother is going out with brings the two to a restaurant and talks about all the opportunities there are in New York and how Sophie should react to them. She seems to like Marc and connects well with her mother. Now in part to of this novel, Sophie is finally 18 and she meets a boy named Joseph who comes knocking at her door to use her phone and then they start a conversation about how they are both Haitian. He was a musician and as old as Sophie's mother and that was a big problem that they had. His home town was Providence and one day at dinner, he told Sophie that he would marry her. She did not have the bravery yet to tell her mother about Joseph, but according to her mother secrets are not easy to keep from her.
Quote:
" He looked somewhat like Monsieur Augustin,"( Danticat 67 ).
Reaction:
In this quote Sophie is comparing Joseph who she like, to Augustin. I think this is bad because he was known for leaving Tante Atie for Lotus, so I am thinking that Joseph might leave Sophie for another girl as well. Even though she is 18, I still believe she shouldn't rush it and marry an old man such as Joseph in such a rushing manner.
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