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3. In the series, many generations were presented. What changes from generation to generation in Haiti? What stays the same? 4. What’s the similarity between the boy in the children of the sea and Guy? Q3: Generation is a well-discovered topic in Kirk? Krak! There is a well-extended timeline in the book: from the stories of great-grandmother to the stories of the newest generation. These interconnected stories were scattered all over places in the timeline, differing from each other. But when we look at these stories from generations to generations, we can see the similarity in our scope: unconditional sacrifice for the youths.  Under the strict political environment, different generations behave differently in Haiti. The former generations tend to protect the local people, people whom they can reach. On the other hand, the later generations tend to rebel, aiming to benefit the country as a whole. For example, the father in the Children of the Sea protects his family...

1. What is the significance of the unnamed characters? Why they are they unnamed? Relate to the named characters. 2. How likely is the boy in the Children of the Sea is Little Guy in the Wall of Fire Rising? 3. In the series, many generations were presented. What changes from generation to generation? What stays the same? 4. Whats the similarity between the boy in the children of the sea and Guy?

Characters: 1. You 2. Me Kitch poets: women that writes. Most of the women have their heads down: Struggle in their life Writing is being a politician. Spreading thoughts She wants to spread her thoughts but still "Nursing" the motherland Like the mother and the mother before them. But different Moved to America, similar and yet different Trees give unconditional sacrifice. Parents give unconditional sacrifice

Characters: Caroline Eric Hermine Grace Father Theme: Family love Generation gaps Transition Revolt Cultural differences Identity Heritage Mother-daughter relationship Sister relationship Father-daughter Role and women Traditions Love for children Marriage concerns Jealousy Racism Immigration Leaving home Plot: Grace became a US citizen Caroline is going to be married to Eric Hermine, the mother of Caroline does not approve of the wedding Hermine made bone soup hoping that it will cure Caroline and beak off her engagement with Eric Hermine states that she does not want Caroline to be married with a Bahamine man, which is not Haitian Grace bounces between her mother and her younger sister Grace talked to Caroline and agreed with her mother, but she also helped Caroline to sneak out the house. Caroline went to the wedding, Hermine came. Eric does not satisfied Hermine because he has l...

Although Night Women were not respected as well as the day women, they all struggle, from places to places. We see the "shame" as a common theme in both Night Women and New York Day Women. Lily said there is no shame in an honest job, being a night women is shameful. However, someday women have their untold stories that they are ashamed of, too. In both of the stories, the mothers, no matter being a day woman or a night woman, tried hard to hide their identities from their child. The night woman, worrying if her child will loathe her finding out she is not a fairy but a prostitute. She built a pure and holy image of herself, she then has to protect the world she created to deceive her son. As time passes on, she knows that more lies will be built and her burden will be heavier. On the other hand, the day woman is afraid that her daughter would blame her for not caring. Because nanny is a special day woman job which the woman has to take care of other people’s children instead...

A boxer once said “I’m in the hurt business.” In a different way Poets me too. Poets fell what we’re afraid to feel, Venture where we’re reluctant to go. We cherish the insights that poets discover. We yearn to explore the subtleties, paradoxes and edge of emotions. Poets live on their sense Wards are small shapes in the gorgeous chaos of the world. Science, technology and psychology are succeed by following orderly rules and behavior. The best poems are rich with observational truths. I use art as an instrument to unearth shards of truth. It’s my form of celebration and prayer. In this avenue that often leads me to deep play, I explore the world

Character: 1. The girl narrator: Suzette (26) 2. The mother (59) Silence/miscommunications/layers/unknowns. Worked as a nanny. 3. A boy 4. A woman Plot: the story describes a lunch break which a young lady stalks a day woman. The young lady sees ab old woman and recognized it is her mother. As she goes on, she recollects the words her mother has said to her. She saw her mother buying goods for a boy. Thoughts: 1. The mother hides the job of nanny from Suzette. Possibly because of shame. She does not able to take care of her child. 2. Lived in Brooklyn, worked in Manhattan. 3. The bold letters are negative, sassy, judgmental. 4. The mother could be tough. 5. Generation gap 6. The daughter thinks her mother does not care of her. But the mother did not come to the parents' weekend because she felt ashamed. The daughter thinks her mother she is not proud of her. 7. The mother has no family 8. Angry to her mother at the beginning 9. Her attitude changed at the end,...

Combining science and poetry Loneliness Question 1: How did you find the balance between the ruthlessness of science and the warmth of humanity in your poetry? Question 2: What parts of science and literature fascinate you and make you decide to connect them altogether? What is more important, knowing ourselves or knowing things surround us?

Characters: 1. The narrator: A maid in bourgeoise's house 2. Rose: A beautiful dead baby the narrator found 3. The husband: Cheated when the narrator had baby 4. Monsieur & Madame: the bourgeoises live in the house 5. The Dominican: Had a affair with the narrator Plot:       The narrator found a beautiful baby, dead, after she had lost her child. She adopted the dead baby and gave it the name of Rose. The narrator always dream her mother and the secret group mentioned in the Nineteen Thirty-Seven. The narrator tried to keep the baby from decaying and used Madame's perfume. She tried to keep the soul of the baby. One day she decided to bury the baby. However, the Dominican man found her and called the police. He accused the narrator to be practicing voodoo and ate the baby. Feelings:        This story is related to the previous stories. Here is the timeline I induced from the clues: Nineteen Thirty-Seven ----- A Wall of Fire Rising -...

1. Joey: Guy Nan: Celian David D: Lili Back to the audience Guy and lili decided to go to america They don’t agree on the subject of going abroad Their performance put the A Wall of Fire Rising and The Children of the Sea together. Well presented the characteristics of Celian's insecurity, Guy's will of freedom, and Lili's will of living a unadventurous life. The compromises Guy made were heartbreaking. I can feel how Guy was drawing back by Lili. Lili denied his proposals twice in one discussion and Guy is giving up arguing with her. Maybe he is thinking of killing himself at the time because he seems to give up trying talking to Lili of his dream. Consequently excluding Lili out from his dream. The performance has a good sense of using the stage. The Dialogues were presented mostly naturally without scripts. However, since the group has designed the direction of the stage, some performers blocked the other performers with their back. The end of th...

The theme of parents and children relationships are well discussed in the first four stories. Although different stories started from different stages and different angles to discuss or to illustrate the theme, one thing is always presented in these stories: scarification. Taking A Wall of Fire Rising and Night Woman as examples, both parents in the stories sacrificed themselves for their children. In the Night Woman, the mother sacrifices her future, selling her body, for her son. To keep the painful reality away from her son, she also keeps secret and pretends life is wonderful in front of her son. Although the narrator in night woman is a single mother, she is as devoting to her child as the Guy and Lili’s in the A Wall of Fire Rising. In the A Wall of Fire Rising, although Guy chooses freedom at the end, the parents have a agreement of sacrificing themselves for little Guy in the middle of the story. Besides the conversations Guy has with Lili at night, arguing what they can do...

Who I am? The narrator is a beautiful lady, about 25. She has a son who is about 7. In the story, she shows great love towards her boy. She wants the world that surrounds her son is simple and innocent. Her actions in the story are done for her boy. In the beginning of the story, she divides the room into two: one is a sophisticated and unbearable reality, and the other one is a fantastic and innocent Utopia. She comes from the cruel reality and creates the tiny Utopia. She shoulders the responsibility of maintaining the Utopia, using herself as a shield to block the spikes from the cold real world for her son. She used to bear the coldness by herself and for herself. During that time, she probably did not have a definite goal. However, now she decided to bear the coldness for her son and pretend the world is friendly and optimistic. She might suffers more, becoming a prostitute so that she could take care of her son, but she also gain power and motivation from her son. She is like...

What is the significance of the hibiscus?

Varied style/tone --- various voices represented To show different characteristics, narrators and characters Realism Fantastical (beauty) Contrast Unnamed characters: (everyday tone) Everyman Lost voices identities Night woman: Dead, plain (to life and to jobs) Emotional, descriptive, vivid and imagery (to her son) Ambiguity (open for interpretation) Suggestions Holes Interconnections between short stories

Night Woman is a story of a single mother, working as a prostitute to support the family. She also wants to protect her son's innocent. She does not want his son know what love is even. The narrator, the single mother, is an unnamed character She categorizes women in ville rose into two kinds. One is Day women, one is night women. Day women has job and works mostly during daytime, and the night women are prostitutes. She "pity" day women having so many to do, but I do not know if she too wants to be a day woman. Hibiscus is mentioned in the story frequently. It is a flower blooms during daytime and dies at night. This might be a symbol of the night woman, or the narrator. She lives during day taking care of her son. However, piece of her dies at night after her son goes to sleep, she will have to sell her to a married man. The flower is beautiful, but sad too. It is called infinite flower in Korea, because one flower blooms and die, another flower will take place. I...