Quote 1: "Looking into my daughter's eyes, I thought of my mother, who had faced these first hours alone after I was born. She had been made no promises, been offered no guarantees that either she of I would even live past that night. If something had been ruptured inside of her, no one would have noticed. If something had been broken inside of newborn me, perhaps no one but my mother would have cared. My daughter's quiet yet well-monitored first night was perhaps the one my mother had dreamed for me, for herself, a dream of kind words, kisses, flowers." Edwidge thought this on page 255.
Significance: I think that this shows how different life was back then back in Haiti. I never would have thought thought that their would be a group of pregnant ladies ready to give birth on a stone floor. I always thought that most people would give birth in a hospital with a doctor helping them give birth, but for Edwidge's mother, she was all by herself when she was giving birth. So when Edwidge was giving birth I think that all she thought about was her mother, and how lucky she was to give birth in a nice place.
Character Judgment: I think that Edwidge mother showed a lot of courage to give birth in such a horrivle place. I also think that this quote shows how much Edwidge's mother loved Edwidge ffrom evey moment.
Question 1: Why do you think that in Haiti pregnant people give birth in groups like that?
Quote 2: "Look, Papa, I'd say. You've waited for her. You've lived long enough to see her. Today is not just her day, but all of ours. And we're not the only one who will cradle and protect her. She will also hold and confort us. She too will be our repozwa, our sacred place to rest. " Edwidge wanted to say this to her father on page 255.
Signifiance: I think that this quote shows that no matter happens Edwidge father will always be in her mind. That no matter how different or happy or sad or angry Edwidge get's she will always end up thinking about her father and her uncle.
Character Judgment: I think that this shows how much Edwidge loves and cares and thinks about her father. I also think that this shows how self-less Edwidge is and this quote shows that she doesn't what to think about herself, and she is always putting other people before herself.
Question 2: Why don't you think that Edwidge said this to her father?
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Quote 1: Aw, Edwidge is now looking at her new baby. She is so happy that she is now a mother. I should congratulate her she is going through so much and now she is happy once more.
Question 1: No they probably do not. Otherwise they are very crowded.
Quote 2: Edwidge is now happy that her daughter is for once and one of the last times she will see her grandpa. This is a important day for Edwidge, she will only see her father one or two more times before he dies.
Question 2: she was perhaps speechless, she could not talk because she had a lump in her throat, it happens to me all the time.
- Zack
Quote 1: Yea, she really does love and show respect to her mother, I'm really glad that her birth went as planned and nothing happened to her or the baby. I couldn't imagine what it would be like without a doctor though.
Question 1: I can't imagine why they would do that, maybe its a tradition since their god of birth is busy so they all came to the same place so she could help them all?
Quote 2: I'm really happy that she cares so much, it really show in the way she looks and thinks about the people that she loves.
Question 2: I think he said this to reassure him that they wouldn't ever forget about them and that his grand daughter would be just as loving to them as he was.
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