How Does Edwidge Danticat Use Juxtaposition In Kirk Krak

The female narrator was going to be arrested but Papa sacrifice all his money. When Papa heard about the situation “he went to the post and paid them money, all the money he had” (24). In the story the female narrator was getting arrested because the member of the youth federation. Not only Papa paid money to help but he also wants the best for her daughter. In the story, Papa wants her daughter to have more opportunities because he was very poor so he wants her to be married. “He wants me to find a man who will do some good”(7). Papa wants her to be married who’s very rich. Even though he wasn’t wealthy.

Have you ever seen someone that was so stressed out that they have done something you can't believe? Or someone who was so troubled that they did something that was so shocking? A Juxtaposition is a comparison of two things that are polar opposites. In “Krik? Krak!”, a series of short stories the author Edwidge Danticat utilizes Juxtaposition to create troubled characters, that in return create an overall shocking moods throughout the book. The three characters that display this shocking mood are, Guy, a depressed father, Night Woman.

It is evident that neither party wishes for the circumstances that have been thrust upon them. The little boy has broken away from his mother’s firm grasp, and is running from her worried and disapproving scowl. The adolescent does not seem to care at the moment. It is almost as if he is frantic to just get one last moment with his father and will face the consequences later. The young boy is desperately reaching for his hand, which suggests that he wants that physical reassurance from his father that he is still there with him at least for a little while longer.

First, in the story it says, “Then my mother whispers, “I love you.” She kisses me on the forehead. “Take good care of my little swallow; we’re going to need it when we get out.” This shows that they believed that they would get together again. That also shows that family was everything.

Danticat uses the story, “A Wall of Fire Rising”, to focus our attention to Guy. Guy is the husband to his wife, Lillie, and a dad to his son, little Guy. Guy wants the best for his family but he can’t provide it all. This story demonstrates the idea that Guy separates himself emotionally from his family and uses this separation to cope as he hopes for a new life; “Sometimes, I just want to take that big balloon and ride it up in the air. I’d like to sail off somewhere and keep floating. . .

As you read not only has wording made an influence in the piece but also incorporated is a different point of view. “Boys” is introduced to us in third person offering us a long distances shot of the progress as the boys age. In an interview Rick Moody states that the third person is the mother of the boys, narrating the story in an “understated way, she is the perceiver, their mother is the center piece of the story.” (Rick Moody) Viewing the story from a higher place gives the reader a sense of intimacy with the narrator being able to perceive the lives of the characters the “boys” in a different light, the reader becomes a witness to the events in the progression of the “boys’” lives.

The imagery of fire in Edwidge Danticat 's short story “A Wall of Fire Rising” possesses a very powerful meaning and also continually changes throughout the entirety of the story. Fire was a very sacred thing to have, especially during the time this story has taken place.

This is important as it also symbolizes the change that has come into the boy and girl's life, the birth of their daughter. This has once again completely changed the boy and girl's life…they have now become parents and at such a young age as well. Before the birth of their daughter, the boy and girl would discuss their dreams and pretty much go about their lives as they were before they got married. This is clearly seen as the boy is still more than happy to go out hunting, even after the birth of his daughter. This makes it clear that he is not ready to accept his identity as a father and by extension his identity as a husband. It is unknown if the girl takes to her role as a mother or not, as the story seems to focus mainly on the boy so it is left up to the reader to decide. The boy's claim to his husband identity is brought to question as it comes to light that he seems to care more for his wife's two sisters than he does his own wife. So now the boy is not only battling against his identity as a father but as a husband as well. This causes the boy to have to come to a decision one cold morning. The night before was filled with the cries of the baby that no matter what the boy or girl did simply would not stop crying; as such the girl was trying desperately to figure out what is wrong with her baby while the boy curses out of sheer frustration and stress for not being able to stop the baby from crying. The night passes with

For every hardship and survival throughout the book there is a beautiful love story that goes one. Throughout the story love can been seen between the father and the son. The love they have is huge and it seems as if it can not be broken. Even if they fight and the boy cries and refuses to talk to the man, it is still a love story because the man does everything to protect the boy. The boy does not understand because his love for others is so great he does not get that others are not as good as they are.

These four words are the main message of the poem. Harper challenges the readers to understand and sympathize this scenario by encapsulating the painful emotions and pathos going through the separation of a bond between the mother and son.

This story also paints the picture of a father who would not give up on regaining his time with his son. It shows the father desperately trying to rectify the mistrust issues he created because he stated to the boy when they were sitting in the diner after the highway patrol redirected them away from the snow-covered route home that she would never forgive him if he did not get the boy home for

When describing her father, she often uses metaphors such as “His heart that bloody motor, is equally old and will not do certain jobs anymore, it still floods his head with brainy light”. Her use of metaphors seems to lighten the tone in which the reader may be perceiving it, almost as if a sad circumstance is being brought to a calming state. Her father then requests for her to write a short story based on, “just recognizable people and then write down what happened to them next.”, she begins writing about the neighbor across the street describing how a bond between a mother and son became sort of a friendship. The narrator explains that the son became a “junkie by the age of fifteen”, and in order for the mother to keep that close relationship with her son, she follows the same path. Showing a representation that the love for her son is very strong, often while reading this, a reader may question if she as a single mother, or why the father isn’t included. A particular part of the daughters original story is that is the son gives it all up meanwhile his mother is stuck in the situation that she went into, to keep that relationship between her son flowing. This original attempt of the story leaves both a happy ending because the son overcomes the life of a junkie, and sad ending due to his mother being stuck in the situation “Hopeless and alone” and a sad

He is thinking about how unfair it is that his son would leave him because he could not come up with what he wanted and that he wasn’t good enough for him. This of course is over the topic of telling his child a story, but symbolizes not being good enough in his entire being. He is afraid of not being the man his son thinks he

These last sentences reiterate the fact that the author does not care about the past men in his loved one’s life; he truly loves her and wants to spend the rest of his live with her. Her past does not concern him; all he cares about is the present and the future.

The narrator seems to know of the difficulty of the boy’s child hood. I get this image of a very nervous and overly aware boy whose “lovely eyes dart[ing] here then there.” What happens to the boy after years have past is hard to decipher. It seems as though he has gotten sick and doesn’t have long to live. When the narrator meets up with him in the mall, they already know that the boy isn’t doing so well. They exchange sad looks indicating the fate of the boy. It is revealed that within months of this meeting the boy has died. At the wake, the boy has been cleaned up and has an open casket. He has become a doll. His features are so smooth and handsome that he looks like “a super model waxed by Madame Tussand.” The irony in this poem is that at the end the dad cries. Crying is usually a character of women just as doll playing is. After all of the dad’s criticism he reveals that he too has a soft side. If a grown man can wail, then a young boy can play with