Breath, Eyes, Memory: A Novel (Pgs.100-150)

 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.