KK Blog Post #2
1. Who am I?
My character is Manman from the second story "Nineteen Thirty-Seven". My name is not told at this point in the story. I am around mid-forties. I have a daughter who's name is Josephine. I believe in Voodoo religion which is not legal yet at this time period. I tried to get up to the city with my daughter, we passed through the Massacre River and finally get to my friend's house. My friend has a sick baby, and as soon as I and my daughter arrived at their house, the baby died. I am sure I did not do anything, they just blame me and accuse me of killing that young blood. So, I am in prison now. What I am doing is dangerous and illegal which is the Voodoo religion, as I said at that time it is illegal, but I did not do anything that would hurt anyone. Still, I kept this as a secret from my daughter, I am doing everything I can to protect my child.
2. What time is it?
As the title of this story located, this happened in 1937. This is a hard time for all Haitians, the Pasley Massacre is going on at this point. All the Haitians are not allowed to live in the Dominican Republic's northwestern frontier and in certain parts of the contiguous Cibao region. Plus the Voodoo Religion is somehow getting popular and popular although it is still illegal. Everything at that time is strict, I am a Haitian and a woman who believes in Voodoo, it is reasonable at that time people considered me as a witch. At that witches are mean to be killed no matter what you did, good or bad, as long as you are a witch, you are going to prison and wait for the death to come.
3. Where am I?
I am in prison which is in the city, and I am suffered and tortured by the soldiers. I was curling in the corner trying to find a place that makes me invisible from the soldiers but comfortable, although all the soldiers are afraid of me. My hair got shaved by those soldiers, they said is cutting off my wings so that I do not have the chance to do any bad things.
4. What surrounds me?
I am in a prison, there is only a bed in the room. Besides that, there are only the frosty tall walls surrounds me. I am glad that Josephine brought Madonna to me, now I have one more thing that is around me. It makes me feel not that lonely. And of course, my lovely Josephine, she came to visit me, I was so happy, but I could not tell her anything about my story which creates a lot of misunderstanding and not understandable between us.
5. What are the given circumstances?
My mom did the same thing as I did. She brought me up to the city too, across the Massacre River. Josephine was in my womb at that time. However, the River takes my mom away. Soon after, Josephine came out as an "angle", she was born on a good time as mom's replacement. After I and Josephine got into the city, we stayed in my friend's house, and watch her baby died and got accused as a witch by neighbors of killing that boy. So I am in prison now, having a life that is not a normal person could imagine.
6. What are my relationships?
I do not have a husband, I raised Josephine by myself. I had a mom who died in the Massacre River. I have my lovely daughter Josephine, who has a lot of misunderstanding towards me. I have a good friend Jacqueline, who also believes in Voodoo, and she is the one who tells Josephine all the stories after I died.
7. What do I want?
I want my daughter to be safe and want freedom, release from this bad world.
8. What is in my way?
I protect my daughter with not letting her know everything, I sacrificed my good relationship between my daughter and me.
I could not just get freedom by myself, I still have my daughter, I have to make sure she is fine. I need to be responsible.
9. What do I do to get what I want?
Keep the misunderstanding between my daughter and me, in order to keep the secret from her, that is the only way I can protect her.
For freedom, I will just release myself which means death.
My character is Manman from the second story "Nineteen Thirty-Seven". My name is not told at this point in the story. I am around mid-forties. I have a daughter who's name is Josephine. I believe in Voodoo religion which is not legal yet at this time period. I tried to get up to the city with my daughter, we passed through the Massacre River and finally get to my friend's house. My friend has a sick baby, and as soon as I and my daughter arrived at their house, the baby died. I am sure I did not do anything, they just blame me and accuse me of killing that young blood. So, I am in prison now. What I am doing is dangerous and illegal which is the Voodoo religion, as I said at that time it is illegal, but I did not do anything that would hurt anyone. Still, I kept this as a secret from my daughter, I am doing everything I can to protect my child.
2. What time is it?
As the title of this story located, this happened in 1937. This is a hard time for all Haitians, the Pasley Massacre is going on at this point. All the Haitians are not allowed to live in the Dominican Republic's northwestern frontier and in certain parts of the contiguous Cibao region. Plus the Voodoo Religion is somehow getting popular and popular although it is still illegal. Everything at that time is strict, I am a Haitian and a woman who believes in Voodoo, it is reasonable at that time people considered me as a witch. At that witches are mean to be killed no matter what you did, good or bad, as long as you are a witch, you are going to prison and wait for the death to come.
3. Where am I?
I am in prison which is in the city, and I am suffered and tortured by the soldiers. I was curling in the corner trying to find a place that makes me invisible from the soldiers but comfortable, although all the soldiers are afraid of me. My hair got shaved by those soldiers, they said is cutting off my wings so that I do not have the chance to do any bad things.
4. What surrounds me?
I am in a prison, there is only a bed in the room. Besides that, there are only the frosty tall walls surrounds me. I am glad that Josephine brought Madonna to me, now I have one more thing that is around me. It makes me feel not that lonely. And of course, my lovely Josephine, she came to visit me, I was so happy, but I could not tell her anything about my story which creates a lot of misunderstanding and not understandable between us.
5. What are the given circumstances?
My mom did the same thing as I did. She brought me up to the city too, across the Massacre River. Josephine was in my womb at that time. However, the River takes my mom away. Soon after, Josephine came out as an "angle", she was born on a good time as mom's replacement. After I and Josephine got into the city, we stayed in my friend's house, and watch her baby died and got accused as a witch by neighbors of killing that boy. So I am in prison now, having a life that is not a normal person could imagine.
6. What are my relationships?
I do not have a husband, I raised Josephine by myself. I had a mom who died in the Massacre River. I have my lovely daughter Josephine, who has a lot of misunderstanding towards me. I have a good friend Jacqueline, who also believes in Voodoo, and she is the one who tells Josephine all the stories after I died.
7. What do I want?
I want my daughter to be safe and want freedom, release from this bad world.
8. What is in my way?
I protect my daughter with not letting her know everything, I sacrificed my good relationship between my daughter and me.
I could not just get freedom by myself, I still have my daughter, I have to make sure she is fine. I need to be responsible.
9. What do I do to get what I want?
Keep the misunderstanding between my daughter and me, in order to keep the secret from her, that is the only way I can protect her.
For freedom, I will just release myself which means death.
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