Quote 1: "I was walking next to my father and uncle when three shots rang out in a quick secession. The mourners scattered in a nervous stampede, leaving us in the middle of the suddenly empty street. The flurry of people disappearing around street corners and alleys seemed hazy and unclear. My heart was beating fast, a pool of sweat gathering on my face. Was this how Marie Micheline felt before she died? Edwidge said this quote on page 155
Significance: I think that it was so sad that during a very sad day something as scary as a gun shots happens. Its also scary how everyone knows what to do when something, so it shows that gun shots are a common thing in Bel Air at this time.
Character Judgment: I think that this shows that Edwidge is not used to the gun shots and she doesn't know what to do because in America gun shots don't usually happen on the streets everyday. I also think that she was very close to Marie Micheline so when ever she hears gun shots she thinks of her because that is how she died.
Question 1: Did Edwidge grow up in Bel Air when all of fighting was going on?
Quote 2: "I was nearing the end of my first trimester and though I had no morning sickness, I felt fatigued and on some hot Miami morning found myself weeping uncontrollably when I woke up alone in bed after my husband had left for work. Suddenly being separated from others felt like a much more drastic form of isolation a sentence of banishment for not being near my dying father. So when Bob called to tell me that Papa was in the hospital, I leaped out of bed and boarded the next plane to New York. " Edwidge said this on page 156
Signifiance: I think that this quote shows how much Edwidge wants to be with her family and was used to living in a house with everyone and now she is living only with her husband and sometimes she is all alone. So living alone was something that she had to get used to when living in America because in Haiti everyone lived in one house.
Character Judgment: I think that this shows what a loving person she is and how much her family means to her because she is willing to just leave on the spot for her father. I also think that this shows that Edwidge is a person that hates to be alone and wants to be around people she loves.
Question: Do you think that Edwidge should move back to New York to be with her family?
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Quote 1: well that would make me feel the same way!
Response 1: yes it is scary and eventually you will get use to it at least 2-3 times a day!
Question 1: No, the fighting was after she left.
Quote 2: Wow, that would make me jump on a plain with my underwear on!
Response 2: Yes, she is use to living with a ton of people and not alone.
Question 2: Yes, Yes Yes!
Quote 1: Yea, that is very sad and scary and it makes me wonder, who would ruin something like that after someone had lost a loved one and it would also be really sad.
Question 1: I think that she lived there while it was still considered one of the best neighborhoods in the city, or else she would probably remember it.
Quote 2: I'm really glad that she went so fast because if she had waited then there would have probably been something that happened before she got there.
Question 2: I believe in my own opinion that New York is not a place to raise a child unless you live in the suburbans because its a wild, huge city and its dangerous so no I don't but she should stay with her dad until he dies.
Quote one: I feel the same, the family is already very upset over the death and to add onto the sadness there was stress and worry because of these gunshots which frightened them even more.
Question 1: I don't think so...
Quote 2: I agree, this quote defiantly shows that she loves her father so much and that she cares a lot about his safety. She pushes aside a lot of things so that she can take care and be with him.
Question 2: She should stay with her dad for a while longer.
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