All 4 stories in Krik Krak- Jacob Lebowitz

Notes on the Stories so Far:

Children of the Sea:
- Writing a letter to this other women
- So far just talking about how much he loves this unnamed women
- The female writer also writes to this male writer about there separation
- The male writer is at seas and may be killed
- He is at sea because he is trying to flea the country of Haiti
- Both of them are showing hopelessness which is not good
- Haiti is going down hill because the government of Haiti is in full control and bringing Haiti down
-  I could only imagine trying to flea the country at this time
-This the women named Celianne who is pregnant
- Apparently she was raped by the Macoutes
- She hated knowing she has a baby that she does not want so she commits suicide
- The female escaped from the government
- The female knows the male is in trouble because she sees a black butterfly
-  This black butterfly shows death and hopelessness

Nineteen Thirty- Seven:
- Josephine
-This story also explained the death of her mother
- Her mom is imprisoned for acting like a witch (evil)
- Madonna
- her mother is seen as Madonna
- Symbolizes many things like she visited the jail
- Jacqueline shows up at Josephines house
- Her mom is sick
- She died before they got to see her and burned her body
- The Government burned the body
-Very cruel Government

A Wall of Fire Rising:
- A man named Guy
- He is married and has a son named "Little- Guy"
- Guy works at a sugar mill
- Guy hates his life
- He wants freedom by flying away in a hot air ballon
- Guy wants his son to be educated as well and make lots of money when he grows up so he can support his own family
- The wife is worried about Guy
- The next day they see him riding a hot air ballon like he always wanted to do
- All of a sudden Guy jumps off this high ballon and end up committing suicide
- Guy showed hopelessness
- Guy wanted to do something he never expected himself to do which was to fly on a balloon
- Unfortunately it was a very sad a dreadful night for the wife and little- guy
-  sad to hear that a father leaves his wife and kid all by themselves
-Fenn for themselves

Night Women:

This story is about a prostitute mother supporting her family.  She is worried about her son growing up and finding the true meaning of love.  She does not want him to find out what she is doing.  There is day women and night women.  Probably why they call it "Night Women."  Seems like she has two jobs to support her family.  She works regularly during the day and then at night she goes out and is a prostitute making money.  This flower blossoms during the day and dies at night.  This seems to represent this women because she lives her life normally during the day and then at night she uncomfortable works as a prostitute.  At the end, I realized that the prostitute women is trying to find a man for her to marry to help support the kids.  It is very tough for the women to work and find men.
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