Storytelling
Genre - Fiction, Collection of short stories
Connections
Historical Basis
Author immigrated from Haiti to US
Theme - immigrant/travel stories
Gender (male dominated society)
"Children of the Sea"
Diary-like (recording experiences)
Reader is in the middle of the two characters
Contrast between genders
Narrator 1:
Male
Formal writing style
Regular print
Record of history(?) - understand experience and what he went through
Radio host - Public voice
Audience could be public
Educated/formal voice (went to university)
Part of rebellion against government (oppressive gov.)
Flee Haiti by boat - believes he will die there
Narrator 2:
No caps
Bold-faced print
Female
Casual/Diary-like/Personal
Audience is narrator 1
Caught in the middle of father and boyfriend (gender in history)
Flees to village to escape from government
Targeted because of the boyfriend
Father pays off soldiers
Gets all the information off the radio
Overall:
-Girl believes the boat sank, but finds out the boy passed exam
--> Black butterflies (symbol of bad news, death)
-Signs for the reader that the boy has died (not 100% sure though)
-Nothing is definite about the ending
-Corruption of government
Major themes:
Love with boundaries
Sacrifice
Power --> gender/voice
Family relationships --> generational divide/reconciliation
Storytelling vs official history
Overall:
-Girl believes the boat sank, but finds out the boy passed exam
--> Black butterflies (symbol of bad news, death)
-Signs for the reader that the boy has died (not 100% sure though)
-Nothing is definite about the ending
-Corruption of government
Major themes:
Love with boundaries
Sacrifice
Power --> gender/voice
Family relationships --> generational divide/reconciliation
Storytelling vs official history
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