1.)
It is a story between a male narrator and a female narrator.
The male narrator is on a boat heading to America and the female narrator is still in Haiti.
It is important that there names are not mentioned in this story.
There names are not mentioned because it is supposed to show that they do not matter to anybody accept themselves.
The male narrator was part of a rebellion in his country and that is why he was on a boat to the U.S. so that he can live his life with opportunity and not die in Haiti.
He writes about what is happening on the ship and the people that he comes across.
His writing has deeper meanings and is poetic.
The female narrator always talks about the bad things that are happening in Haiti.
Her writing is never capitalized, and it is very short.
It is very different from the male narrators writing.
On the boat, there is a pregnant girl named Celliane.
He thinks she is his age but she is actually 15.
The reason why she was on the boat was because he brother was part of the rebellion and soldiers came to his house. They made him be with his mother, and then they raped Celliane. She used razors to cut her face so that she was not recognized. Then she left home. This is important because this gives an idea on what would have happened if the male and female narrators would have been together.
In the female story, they have to move because the soldiers are after her.
He father gives the soldiers everything they have and they leave for Vila Rose.
The girls attitude changes towards him because he saved her life.
The father would not allow her to date the male narrator because he was apart of the rebellion.
She now understands why he was like that because he was protecting her.
The boat is sinking and the people are trying to throw things over board.
They try to take the baby but Celliane will not allow it.
Once she realized that the baby is dead, she throws it overboard and then throws herself overboard.
We can assume that the boy dies because of the black butterfly's in the female story.
2.)
This story is about a girl who visits her mother in jail.
In the beggining of the story there is a girl Josephine who is visiting her mother.
She brings a doll called a Madonna with her.
She is bringing it for her mother who is in jail because she was accused of killing a child and also that she has wings of fire.
In 1937 there was a Haitian massacre.
There was a river separating Haiti from the Dominican Republic.
Her mother had to cross the river to flee from the soldiers.
Her mother was caught and was cut up and killed in the river.
Because of all the blood in the river it looked like fire on the women crossing.
That is how the got the name wings of fire.
Everytime the girl can't talk until the last time she sees her mother.
She also brings her food so that she can eat.
In the jail, they make the women throw water on each other to prevent them from flying away.
They are afraid that they will fly away and kill more children.
Her mother was very sick and the guards beat her and then they burned her body to keep her spirit from taking over another child.
Josephine understands her mother and wants to honor her.
3.)
The three characters are Guy, Little Guy and Lili
Guy and Lili are married and Little Guy is there son.
Guy is not satisfied with his life.
She is ashamed that they are poor and that he does not make enough money.
Little Guy is in the school play.
His character is Boukman.
Boukman was a slave who revolted against his master and gave all of the slaves freedom.
Guy cries everytime that Little Guy reads his lines.
Guy is obsessed with th hot air ballon at the sugar mill.
He was to fly it but Lili tells him that it is a bad idea to because she doesn't want him to get hurt.
Guy does not like this but does not really express his anger to her about that.
Guy wants to put Little Guy on the list to work at the sugar mill but Lili does not let him.
The next day, Little Guy gets more lines because he did so well with his original lines.
This is the night before he dies.
He is talking to Lili about how he is ashamed with his life and that he wants better for their son.
He asks her how a man is judged after he is gone as if to say that he will be gone soon.
The next morning little Guy discovers his father flying the hot air balloon.
Guy climbs over the side and jumps out and dies.
Little Guy recites his lines over his fathers dead body.
Lili keeps his eyes open to look at the sky.
4.)
We do not know the name of the mother or the son in this story.
The mother is a night women which means that she sleeps with married men as her job.
Her son is starting to grow up but is still a small child.
She mentions that his father dies which can hint that it is Lili from the third story.
She talks about her son a lot when she is watching him sleep.
She has to make sure he is asleep so that he does not wake up when she is with the man that is e in the night with her.
When it is morning the boy asks if he missed the Angels.
She responds by saying that the Angels have a lifetime to come to us.
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