KK Blog Post 2 "Night Woman"

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 a poor woman squatting in a cold night, using her body to protect her last fire from the breezing wind.
What time is it?
The time is ambiguous. It could be after Republic of Haiti has founded. The season is likely to be summer。
Where am I?
The narrator is mostly in her room. She lives in Ville Rose, located in Haiti. She lives in a neighbourhood where “day women” mingle with the “night women.” The day women are also live in poverty because the rich people: the doctor and the musician live far away from the neighbourhood.
What surrounds me?
The room that the narrator and her son live is a small and dim room. The room is divided into two by a curtain. The environment is not pleasant. The room is dark and is somehow having a light smell of sweat and semen.
What is the given circumstances?
The family of two might not in extreme poverty, because of the pay of the job. The narrator has some saving. Most of the spending she makes is for her son, and the saving is probably for her son’s future uses, too. The narrator is a single mother, who has to take care of her young son. She thus cannot work as a day woman, spending most of her time outside the house and continuing working when back home. Taking the job of prostituting, she can not going back to be a day woman, either. She has decided she will devote all her life to her son, and her way of sacrificing herself is to spend her youth and reputation in exchange of money.
The narrator, witnessing the depriving world, she wants to protect her son. She creates the fantastic world in her small room for her son. However, she realizes that the small world will one day collapse as well. And when the world collapses, her son will find out the true identity of his mother. One possible reaction of the boy is to hate her mother. The narrator is facing the dilemma that she is delivering all her love to her son now and will probably receive hate from her son in the future.

What is my relationships?
The main relationship the narrator has is between her and her son. At the point the story ends, they love each other. The narrator is enjoying the happiness her son gives her, and she is taking the pain for her son. The narrator is prostitute, she holds clientship with, mentioned in the story, a doctor and a musician. The doctor is married. The narrator is not seeking to build further relationship with her customers because she is not responsive encountering her customers’ flirtings.
What do I want?
The narrator wants her son to like her. She sees her as the only pure and innocent thing in the world, and she wants him to stay that way. She knows one day everything will change, so she wish at least her son will love her still. She also wants a decent job, but taking care of her son now is her the first priority.
What is in my way?
Her son is growing up. He is starting to know something. She is confused and does not know what to do to keep the innocency of her son. She is also unable to switch her job easily.
What do I do to get what I want?

She would tell fairy tales to her son. She also builds a curtain to isolate her son from the reality. She tells lies to her son to make him stays away the dangerous world. She doesn't want her son to know “love,” either. For her son’s future, she takes the job as a prostitute.

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