Rhetorical Question Essay

In the story Nineteen Thirty-Seven Edwidge Danticat presents Josephine, a Haitian girl who oftentimes visits her mother at the Port Au Prince prison. In the process of Josephines visits the reader comes to understand that hurt surrounds her emotional state. non only does it surround her life, however, pain is a prominent factor in all of her contemporaries existence. The oppress nature of Josephine, her florists chrysanthemum, and the woman of the river cause them to create an artificial sense of fancy for their life full of scurvy. Suffering seems to be a common cistron inherent of all Haitian women.This can be seen when Manman states We were saved from the grave of this river when she was still in my womb. You spared us both, her and me, from this river where I lost my mother (Danticat, 40). Josephine was natural on the day of the massacre by El Generalissimos soldiers representing that she is birthed from pain, as a lot of Haitians died that day. One of those who died wa s Manmans mother, in an exploit to alleviate her pain Manman takes Josephine as a replacement of the existence of her mother. Not only does Josephine emanate from suffering yet she carries the connation of false hope, as life cant be replaced.The effect of suffering is once once again seen when Manman mentions Keep the Madonna when I am goneMaybe you forget have some flesh to console you. But if you dont, you allow for always have the Madonna (Danticat, 43). Once again Josephines mom creates hope for her daughter. Given that pain surrounds her life, her mother hopes that Josephine can deal with her suffering in the same way that she dealt with her moms death. The aforementioned quotes show the repetitive occurrence of yet different pain Haitian women specially experience.Danticat, Edwidge. Nineteen Thirty-Seven. Krik? Krak New York Vintage, 1996. 33-49. Print.