Theme+Quote Analys
The theme that the first three stories all share is freedom.
In the first story, the boy got on the boat to escape from Haiti. He wanted so much more than being trapped around all the cruel soldiers. Even it meant to be separated from his dearest lover, he didn't regret his decision at all. He wants freedom. He wants to go to America so that he doesn't need to worry about his life every day. He can say what he wants to and do what he wants to. The girl in the first story also wanted freedom. She wrote down these sentences in her writing: "I will never go outside again. Not even in the yard to breathe the air. They are always watchings you, like cultures. at night i can't sleep. I count the bullets in the dark. I keep wondering if it is true. " She didn't want to stay at home all day. She didn't want to be worried about her life all day and couldn't sleep. She didn't want to see the soldiers walking around the street, killing people for no reason. She wants freedom. She wants to be with the person she loves (the male narrator) and live a stable life.
In the second story, the Mother of the narrator wants freedom. She escaped from the Massacre, but she never escapes from the scar that the past had left her. As the narrator said in the story, "My mother had escaped EI Generalissimo's soldiers, leaving her own mother behind. From the Haitian side of the river, she could still see the soldiers chopping up her mother's body and throwing it into the river along with many others." She saw her mother's body being chopped on the other side of the river, thrown into the river like many overs. One that day, the whole river was painted red by the blood of those who were killed. After she comes to the city with her daughter, they had to live in one of her friend's house. She helped taking care of the friend's son. When he died one day morning, she was accused to be the witch with the wings of flame. She escapes from the Dominican side of the river, but she never escapes the violence that was everywhere in the country. No one shall have freedom in such an unstable society.
In the third story, A Wall of Fire Raising, Guy is the character who wants freedom. He doesn't have a stable job. His family lives in poverty. He was more than capable to have a better job than what he occasionally has now-- cleaning the bathrooms. However, he was trapped under such a bad condition. He has families to support, his wife and his son. His wife doesn't have a job. And he had to pay for his son to go to school. He tried to plan ahead for his son by putting him on the job list early so that when it comes to his son's turn, his son can start working right away. However, his wife, Lili doesn't think quite the same as he does. She wants her son, Little Guy to stay in school and have a complete education. She wants him to do whatever he wants to do when he grows up. Guy stopped talking to Lili about putting Little Guy on the list after her begging. Yes, that's where he's at. He wants to use his ability to do something big, but he doesn't have any chance to even show his ability. He wants to build a good future for his son by putting him on the list, but Lili wouldn't allow him to. He feels hopeless. The only thing that still attracts him is the air balloon. He knows how to fly is, which others don't know. And he hopes once he gets on the air balloon, he can ride it and land on a paradise where he and his families will have a better life. They will be happy every day. Lili rejected his will of riding the air balloon as well. She doesn't want Guy to hurt himself. She knows it's hard to ride a hot air balloon. She also thinks what they have right now is good enough. She doesn't ask for much. Little Guy always goes to sleep with his stomach filled. That's enough. Nevertheless, whatever Lili says, doesn't hold Guy back from seeking freedom. He finally did it. He went on the hot air balloon. He flew the air balloon that needs a whole crew to ride all by himself. People are cheering for him on the land. He jumped. Maybe that's freedom for him. He died. He doesn't need to worry about getting works anymore. He doesn't need to think of ways to pay for dinner the next day. He's free now.
In the first story, the boy got on the boat to escape from Haiti. He wanted so much more than being trapped around all the cruel soldiers. Even it meant to be separated from his dearest lover, he didn't regret his decision at all. He wants freedom. He wants to go to America so that he doesn't need to worry about his life every day. He can say what he wants to and do what he wants to. The girl in the first story also wanted freedom. She wrote down these sentences in her writing: "I will never go outside again. Not even in the yard to breathe the air. They are always watchings you, like cultures. at night i can't sleep. I count the bullets in the dark. I keep wondering if it is true. " She didn't want to stay at home all day. She didn't want to be worried about her life all day and couldn't sleep. She didn't want to see the soldiers walking around the street, killing people for no reason. She wants freedom. She wants to be with the person she loves (the male narrator) and live a stable life.
In the second story, the Mother of the narrator wants freedom. She escaped from the Massacre, but she never escapes from the scar that the past had left her. As the narrator said in the story, "My mother had escaped EI Generalissimo's soldiers, leaving her own mother behind. From the Haitian side of the river, she could still see the soldiers chopping up her mother's body and throwing it into the river along with many others." She saw her mother's body being chopped on the other side of the river, thrown into the river like many overs. One that day, the whole river was painted red by the blood of those who were killed. After she comes to the city with her daughter, they had to live in one of her friend's house. She helped taking care of the friend's son. When he died one day morning, she was accused to be the witch with the wings of flame. She escapes from the Dominican side of the river, but she never escapes the violence that was everywhere in the country. No one shall have freedom in such an unstable society.
In the third story, A Wall of Fire Raising, Guy is the character who wants freedom. He doesn't have a stable job. His family lives in poverty. He was more than capable to have a better job than what he occasionally has now-- cleaning the bathrooms. However, he was trapped under such a bad condition. He has families to support, his wife and his son. His wife doesn't have a job. And he had to pay for his son to go to school. He tried to plan ahead for his son by putting him on the job list early so that when it comes to his son's turn, his son can start working right away. However, his wife, Lili doesn't think quite the same as he does. She wants her son, Little Guy to stay in school and have a complete education. She wants him to do whatever he wants to do when he grows up. Guy stopped talking to Lili about putting Little Guy on the list after her begging. Yes, that's where he's at. He wants to use his ability to do something big, but he doesn't have any chance to even show his ability. He wants to build a good future for his son by putting him on the list, but Lili wouldn't allow him to. He feels hopeless. The only thing that still attracts him is the air balloon. He knows how to fly is, which others don't know. And he hopes once he gets on the air balloon, he can ride it and land on a paradise where he and his families will have a better life. They will be happy every day. Lili rejected his will of riding the air balloon as well. She doesn't want Guy to hurt himself. She knows it's hard to ride a hot air balloon. She also thinks what they have right now is good enough. She doesn't ask for much. Little Guy always goes to sleep with his stomach filled. That's enough. Nevertheless, whatever Lili says, doesn't hold Guy back from seeking freedom. He finally did it. He went on the hot air balloon. He flew the air balloon that needs a whole crew to ride all by himself. People are cheering for him on the land. He jumped. Maybe that's freedom for him. He died. He doesn't need to worry about getting works anymore. He doesn't need to think of ways to pay for dinner the next day. He's free now.
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