Epilogue: Women Like Us
Characters:
You: Edwidge Danticat
Your Mother: Her mother
Summary and interpretation:
This story talks about her voice to the audience, telling us why she is writing all the story down and what is the obstacles on her way. She uses You to tell the story.
The first rule of living is that always uses your ten fingers, and this displays the importance of identity roles in the family.
The second rule of living is that never have sex before marriage.
This rule is to give us the information about writing. Her mother forbids her to write because society is so dangerous for them; writing can actually cause them into trouble. Writers are tortured and killed. Her mother doesn't want this happen to her daughter Danticat. However, Danticat, herself, thinks writing the thing down is having a connection with the Haitian history and maybe connecting the culture together.
At first, I was confused when I first read it because I read Caroline's wedding first, and thinking this story doesn't make any sense. There is no plot or clear storyline. In the class, We talked through the Epilogue. When I read it now, it makes more sense of her choosing the career of writing and recalling the culture of Haiti.
You: Edwidge Danticat
Your Mother: Her mother
Summary and interpretation:
This story talks about her voice to the audience, telling us why she is writing all the story down and what is the obstacles on her way. She uses You to tell the story.
The first rule of living is that always uses your ten fingers, and this displays the importance of identity roles in the family.
The second rule of living is that never have sex before marriage.
This rule is to give us the information about writing. Her mother forbids her to write because society is so dangerous for them; writing can actually cause them into trouble. Writers are tortured and killed. Her mother doesn't want this happen to her daughter Danticat. However, Danticat, herself, thinks writing the thing down is having a connection with the Haitian history and maybe connecting the culture together.
At first, I was confused when I first read it because I read Caroline's wedding first, and thinking this story doesn't make any sense. There is no plot or clear storyline. In the class, We talked through the Epilogue. When I read it now, it makes more sense of her choosing the career of writing and recalling the culture of Haiti.
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