Identity
Thesis: Identity is a major conflict within Grace who is the character because she is stuck between two worlds and she cannot decide if she should choose her mothers side of Haitian culture or Caroline's side of American culture.
Quote: "When I become a mother, how will I name my daughter?" "What kind of lullabies will I sing at night?" "What kind of legends will my daughter be told?"
Traditions
Thesis: Tradition is one of the big themes that cause the conflicts between Caroline and her mother because her mother is very traditional and Caroline is very modern American. This puts Grace in the middle of them who is struggling to find her identity since she is both Haitian and American.
Quote: "Do you know how your father came to have me as his wife? His father wrote a letter to my father and came to my house on a Sunday afternoon and brought the letter in a pink and green handkerchief. Pink because it is the color of romance and green for hope that it might work." "Ma wanted a full-blown church wedding. She wanted Eric to be Haitian."
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