Edwidge Danticat is a Haitian author who wrote the books create dangerously and creek crack. Both books deal with similar topics such as martyrs, diaspora, and the power of literacy. Martyrs of the Duvalier regime were often executed. Others were forced into exile. Many people who were attacked under the Duvalier regime were educated people. These educated people had gifts of writing and reading. They were a threat to Papa Doc since they had the ability to influence people's thinking by writing books, books, poetry or talking on radio shows as their vehicle. If too many peoples spread concrete revolutionary ideas papa Doc could lose his grasp on Haitian people. There is an underlying theme of nationalism and naivety that drives people to continue