After having the baby Sophie went back to Haiti to visit her grandma and her aunty. She was very excited to see tante Atie and also her grandmother. When she arrived in Haiti a lot changed, the people changed the community change and whole bunch of stuff. Soldiers were killing Innocent people, not because they disobeyed the law but it was because they wanted too. She was scared not for her but for little Brigitte. She wanted to get out of there. When tante Atie finally came to get her, she gave Sophie a big hugged and realized that she was suffocating the baby. Both of them looked at each other and started laughing. They were catching up on everything they missed .When they arrived to her grandmother’s everything was different. Her aunty wasn’t really getting along with Sophie’s grandmother. Since tante Atie started taking reading lesson her mother didn’t really like the fact that she was coming back to the house so late, tante Atie also started drinking and her mother didn’t really like that. A lot of things Sophie’s baby was doing reminded her of how tante Atie took care of her.After days of staying in Haiti Sophie's mother send tante Atie a Cassette. And that Cassette basacally said how Sophie's Husband been calling her and asking for Sophie and other details about her own life in New York. Apparently there was some secret that Sophie was Hidding from her aunt and grandmother.
"i am not having the short breath anymore, but every so often i do find myself dreaming the bad dreams. i thought it would end , but lately it seems to be beginning all over again" (Danticat 160)
the reason i do think the mother is continuing to have bad dreams is beacuse she druin her realationship with her daughter again and also the fact that she was molested at a young age. So when her daughter was living with her she had someone to talk with but since her daughter left her the nightmares came back
any clues as to what is the secret? You have a guess?
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