In Class writing

One common theme in all four stories is that when the time comes, we have to let the people we love go. In every single story, it is about how there is a strong love for each other but it always ends up in death. In Children of the Sea, the two narrators love each other very much. The male narrator is on a boat going to America and the female narrator is back home in Haiti. They are forced to be separate from each other because the male is apart of the rebellion against the government so he had to flee from the country. I think the message of this story is very clear. That message is that in life, we "love" someone, but it never lasts forever. In this story, the male had to leave because he was against the government. The couple who loved each other was forced apart. Another message in this story is that after the person we love is gone, we have to learn to let go of them so that we can live our lives. That doesn't mean that you forget about the person you love, but it does mean that you can't let it drag you down every day or else you will might as well be dead also because you aren't living your life. At the end of this story, we can tell that the female narrator lets the person she loves go. "Behind these mountains are more mountains and more black butterflies still and a sea that is endless like my love for you."This theme is also present in 1937. This story is about a mother and her daughter who were separated apart from each other because the mother was accused of killing a baby and having wings of fire. She was arrested and thrown in jail for the rest of her life, so her daughter has to visit her in her jail cell. This story also shows the relationship we have with someone that we love does not last forever. It is evident in this story that her mother loves her daughter very much because she always protected her and made sure she was safe. She can no longer do this for her daughter because she is in jail. At the end of the story the girls mother is killed and then her body is burned. When this happened, the girl made a decision to live on for her mother. "Let her flight be joyful,"mInsaid to Jacqueline. "And mine and yours too." This story also shows the same message that we have to let the people we love go when the time comes.