Caroline's Wedding Reading Notes

Caroline's Wedding Reading Notes

 There are multiple characters listed
- Grace
- The mother
- Caroline the sister
- It seems that Grace is very important to her mother and sister
- Grace wants to take care of her family just like in other chapters in "Krik Krak"
- Grace is kind of like Night Women
-She wants the best for herself and family
- Grace is a positive character.  She wants to be there for her sister and mother when they are having issues
-  Caroline is engaged
-  This chapter relates with the setting of Haiti because her mom is from Haiti
-  Although the mom is Haitian I think she is American
-  What does she think of herself?
-  The parents fled Haiti just like everyone else
- Since Caroline is engaged Grace is by herself
- she sees America as a different world and lost
-  They now have freedom to do whatever they want to do
- Grace does not want her sister to forget about the past
- It seems like her and Caroline were close and can not picture herself with another family



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