A thing called Madonna cries one tear
A child doesnt know what the Dominican Republic is
They encounter an old woman with a basket of leeches who looks at the thing
The kid is from Ville Rose and comes to see a prisoner
The woman tells her where to buy fried pork and plantains for the prisoner so they buy some for their mother and go to the prison
“Women like manman who was accused of having wings of flame”
the mother has a life sentence and was probably being accused of being a witch or something because prison guards think she has wrinkles from taking off her skin at night and putting it back on before sunrise also she has a life sentence
They have trouble talking to their mother and act mute
The mother cries over the madonna until a guard threatens to shoot her
She says the guards dont treat her badly AS SHE SMILES WITH BLOODY TEETH
All the women are accused of stealing children and growing wings of fire because i dont know
Her mother was arrested for looking after a child with colic who died and she was stoned and beaten as she was taken away
The madonna cries because wax on the madonna melts and slides down her face
The narrator is a girl
Her mom is dying and she says “the sun can no longer warm god’s creatures”
Her mother is dying and also earlier i forgot to type about how many women would go to a river and dip their hands in for some religious reasons
A week later a woman comes for her and says she used to go with them to the river
Jacqueline urges her to accompany her to visit her mother before they burn and kill her
Her mother died and was beaten for having too loose skin and another woman wears her dress and gives them her pillow
They talk about flying and i am very confused
I think this entire story involves some of the voodoo religion we researched?
A wall of fire rising
A poor family of three (poor on the level of they cant consistently eat food) live together
The father Guy, mother Lilli, and son Little Guy
Father Guy works at a mill doing inconsistent part time work.
The son comes home and turns out he’s given the role of Boukman in a school play
Guy also hits Little Guy for excessive reciting
Little Guy has a lot of fear about forgetting
Guy becomes obsessed with a hot air balloon and Lilli urges him to stop
There seems to be a side-plot where Guy becomes non-sexually interested in her body
Eventually his obsession gets the better of him and he tries to fly the balloon and promptly dies by falling from it.
Eerily, Little Guy recites his lines which are metaphorically representative of Guy’s struggles as Lilli decides against closing his eyes
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