Children of the Sea by Edwidge Danticat is what I am writing about today. It is a very interesting story written in a unique style (to me). This is a compilation of excerpts between a boy and a girl in their teens or so.
In the letters, the reader finds out about the terrible condition is Haiti. There was a shift in political power. The new leaders of the government do not want to have anyone in opposition so they sent out the army. The army goes out around and kills people. They force the parents to commit incest with their children and those who do not obey are killed. Many people moved away because they were afraid.
Some people were hunted down because they were seen as a threat to the regime. To save themselves, they went away in boats. One of them is the boy. He had to leave Haiti because he was on a radio station ranting about the government and talking about reforms. He is on a boat going to a non-specified place because if he doesn't, he will be killed. One of the people who opposed the government was "run over by a car" and all that was left of him was his head, which was delivered to his mother along with the news of his "accident".
I have yet to finish this story because of the limitation of time. I will finish this hopefully in the weekend. This is a very interesting story and I would recommend it to anyone who has a heart.
Yes it was an interesting story. What's the writing style you are talking about?
ReplyDeleteI also liked how it was written in letters between a boy and girl. But I don't like the ending were it is assumed that the boy died and the letters never reach each other.
ReplyDeleteWell the ending was very open ended. Still I'm thinking if the stuff that happened in Haiti is still happening throughout the world such as in China. It's very depressing for someone to have to write stories like this but I have to say that if it's not for people like her, we proably wouldn't even know about it. For your blog, I think it could have been better if you had written about your thoughts or comments on the story.
ReplyDeleteDavid: I was referring to the letter format.
ReplyDeleteJustin: True, but it is nice that a reader can make up the ending in the case that there is no certain ending.